From Over half of Gaza City’s million residents have evacuated in recent weeks — IDF
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Palestinians from Gaza City move southwards with their belongings, on the coastal road near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on September 19, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
More than half of the approximately one million Palestinians residing in Gaza City have evacuated to the Strip’s south since late August, according to fresh IDF estimates.
Ahead of an ongoing offensive against Hamas, the IDF ordered Palestinians in all areas of Gaza City to evacuate immediately to an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Strip’s south.
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