UN says Israel army ordered Gazans to leave shelter that was hit in strike

By AFP 25 January 2024, 5:24 pm 7 Edit

Palestinians try to extinguish a fire at a building of an UNRWA vocational training center in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, which displaced people were using as a shelter, after it was hit on January 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramez Habboub)

The United Nations tells AFP that the Israeli military ordered people taking refuge in a shelter that it says was hit with deadly tank fire in southern Khan Younis to leave by the following afternoon.

A spokeswoman for UNRWA, the agency for Palestinian refugees, confirmed testimony from displaced people in the shelter who said the army gave them until 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Friday to flee.

The IDF says the area where the shelter is located is an active combat zone and has in the past urged Palestinians to evacuate such areas.