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IDF issues fresh evacuation order for areas of southern Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian 17 June 2025, 10:49 pm 2 Edit

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

Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza, June 16, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza, June 16, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The IDF issues a new evacuation warning in the southern Gaza Strip, slightly expanding a large no-go zone.

“The IDF is operating with great force in the areas where you are located to destroy the capabilities of the terror organizations,” the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee, says on X, attaching a map showing the areas that are to be evacuated.

Civilians are called to head to the Mawasi area on the coast.

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