Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Tuesday, August 13, 2024

IDF orders evacuation of Khan Younis area used by Hamas to launch rockets at Tel Aviv

By Emanuel Fabian 13 August 2024, 8:16 pm 9 Edit

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

Following Hamas’s attempted rocket attack from southern Gaza’s Khan Younis on Tel Aviv today, the IDF issues a new evacuation order for Palestinians in the area.

Two rockets were fired by Hamas, with one landing in the sea off the coast of Tel Aviv and the other falling short in Gaza.

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

The announcement calls for Palestinians in the specified areas to evacuate to the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone.

The IDF is currently carrying out an offensive in Khan Younis. Before the raid, the IDF issued evacuation orders for other areas of Khan Younis.

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