IDF says hundreds of Gazans evacuating from Jabaliya amid offensive there against Hamas

The IDF says hundreds of Palestinian civilians have begun to evacuate from northern Gaza’s Jabaliya as troops continue to operate there against Hamas.

“During the activity, the IDF allowed civilians to evacuate safely from the area, through organized routes. So far, hundreds of people have evacuated,” Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, says on X.

He says that the army and COGAT are in contact with the international community and health authorities in Gaza to “maintain the ongoing functioning of the emergency systems of the hospitals, through the transfer of medical equipment and the supply of fuel subject to the operational situation, along with the evacuation of staff [and] patients.”

Adraee also says troops have also detained several terror operatives in the area.

In the past day, the IDF says troops with the 162nd Division have killed dozens of Hamas operatives and seized many weapons during the ongoing operation in Jabaliya.

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