IDF issues evacuation order for Gaza’s Beit Lahiya after rockets fired at Ashkelon

Following rocket fire from the northern Gaza Strip at the southern coastal city of Ashkelon today, the military is calling on Palestinians in Beit Lahiya to evacuate.

Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, publishes a map of the zones that need to be evacuated.

He says that “the specified area has been warned many times in the past” and it is “considered a dangerous combat zone,” following repeated rocket attacks on Israel.

Two rockets were launched at Ashkelon in the attack, with one being intercepted and the other impacting the sea.

The IDF in recent months has repeatedly issued evacuation orders for areas from which terrorists launched rockets at Israel.

#عاجل ‼️ الى كل المتواجدين في أحياء المنشية، الشيخ زايد ومشروع بيت لاهيا:

⭕️المنظمات الإرهابية تطلق مرة اخرى القذائف الصاروخية وتواصل العمليات الإرهابية نحو دولة اسرائيل.

⭕️تم تحذير المنطقة المحددة مرات عديدة. المنطقة المحددة تعتبر منطقة قتال خطيرة

⭕️نؤكد ان الاخلاء لا يشمل… pic.twitter.com/ZECOTJNhvj

— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) September 14, 2024