IDF says Hamas still blocking residents from evacuating from north Gaza

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

Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning to residents of  northern Gaza on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning to residents of northern Gaza on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

The military’s top spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, says the Hamas terror group is continuing to prevent Palestinians from evacuating southward from the northern part of the Gaza Strip, after the IDF warned it would soon heavily bomb the area.

“Hamas prevents the residents of Gaza from moving to the south of the Strip. Hamas has proven its cruelty to the residents of Israel and now it is doing the same to the residents of Gaza City,” Hagari says in a press conference.

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