IDF estimates over 300,000 Palestinians have evacuated Gaza City ahead of ground offensive

By Emanuel Fabian

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14 September 2025, 3:31 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, Sept. 13, 2025, after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders from Gaza City. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

More than 300,000 Palestinians have so far evacuated Gaza City to other areas of the Strip, according to fresh IDF estimates.

Tens of thousands left the area in the past day.

Around one million Palestinians were estimated to be residing in Gaza City before the IDF began to prepare for a major offensive against the Hamas terror group there.

Last week, the IDF ordered all of Gaza City to evacuate immediately ahead of the planned offensive.

Civilians have been instructed to head for an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Strip’s south.