Israel told Palestinians to evacuate to southern Gaza — and stepped up attacks there

Israeli military operations in Gaza City are continuing as talks on a ceasefire resume

The Israeli army has called on all residents of Gaza City to flee south to the central Gaza Strip as they step up operations in the north. Leaflet , dropped by the plane, tells "everyone in Gaza" to leave the "dangerous war zone" through designated security routes, which include two routes  to the Deir al-Qaeda-linked security complex. -Balah and al-Zawaida.  The United Nations expressed deep concern at the proposed exclusion order. This is the second time since the start of the war  that the entire city of Gaza  has been ordered to leave.  In the past two weeks, the Israeli army has re-entered several areas where militants say Hamas and  Islamic Jihad  have been gathering since the beginning of the year.  Hamas says that new Israeli occupation in the city threatens to undermine the ceasefire and liberation talks that resumed in Qatar on Wednesday. The talks will include the intelligence chiefs of Egypt, the United States and Israel, as well as the prime minister of Qatar.

Hossam Badran, a senior Hamas official, told the AFP news agency that Israel was "trying to put pressure on the negotiations by increasing bombings, deportations and massacres."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized that Israel supports the agreement as long as "Israel's red line is respected."
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It is estimated that more than a quarter of a million people still live in Gaza City - and some are fleeing from the south.
However, others did not want to go.
"I will not leave Gaza [city], I will not commit the folly of others."
"If death is for me and  my children, we will die with honor and dignity in our home," he said.
The Palestine Red Crescent said they received calls from some residents who were unable to leave their homes due to the force of the explosion.  "Information from the  Gaza Strip shows that residents are living in terrible conditions. The [Israeli] army continues to attack settlements, evicting people from their homes and places their home," he said.
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In a statement released earlier on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its forces "conducted counter-terrorism operations" against Hamas and PIJ forces in the UN Refugee Agency (UNRWA) Gaza Strip last night. .  The soldiers "created a way to get the civilians out" of  the area before entering the building and "removed terrorism from nearby battles," he added.  Unrwa has not received any word.  The IDF also said it  killed 10 soldiers in the Shejaiya area, east of  Gaza City, and destroyed an underground road the previous day.  In the Israeli Parliament on Wednesday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that 60% of Hamas fighters have been killed or wounded since the beginning of the Israeli attack. The BBC cannot independently verify these numbers.  On Tuesday, the UN Human Rights Office said it was shocked by the Israeli army's order to the residents of the area to move "where the Israeli army continues to kill and injure civilians. "   also warned that the area of ​​Deir al-Balah is already occupied by Palestinians displaced from other areas of Gaza and has little infrastructure and limited  humanitarian access.  The Israeli army launched a campaign against Hamas in Gaza  in response to an unprecedented attack in southern Israel on October 7 that killed 1,200 people  and arrested 251. More than 38,295 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to Hamas medical officials. say. His numbers do not distinguish between civilians and soldiers, but he said he had  identified 14,680 children, women and the elderly who died at the end of April.