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IDF says it is expanding humanitarian zone ahead of plans to evacuate all of northern Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian 6 October 2024, 8:24 am 20 Edit

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

The IDF announces that it is expanding the size of the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in southern Gaza, as it prepares to evacuate civilians from the entire north of the Strip.

The zone, where the vast majority of the Gazan population currently resides, has multiple field hospitals and most humanitarian aid is being delivered there.

The IDF says it has published maps for Palestinian civilians “highlighting potential evacuation areas in northern Gaza, including ‘block zones’ that correspond to neighborhoods and regions.”

The military says it is also opening up two evacuation routes for Palestinians, along the Salah a-Din road and the coastal road.

Some 200,000 Palestinians have been estimated to remain in northern Gaza, after early in the war the IDF called for the entire region to evacuate to the Strip’s south.

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