Israel Is Now Ordering Palestinians Who Already Fled To South Gaza To Evacuate Again

Khan Younis and nearby towns are already sheltering tens of thousands of people who had fled from the north of Gaza.

Israel Is Now Ordering Palestinians Who Already Fled To South Gaza To Evacuate Again

Israel is now ordering Palestinians who already fled to south Gaza to evacuate again.

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Children are seen in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) refugee camp located in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The Israeli military began dropping leaflets on Wednesday Nov. 15, warning residents in Khan Younis, the biggest city in southern Gaza, and nearby towns to evacuate “for their own safety.”

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A woman walks past a girl stands outside the entrance of a tent covered with plastic insulation, pitched with others by Palestinians taking shelter from Israeli bombardment around Nasser Hospital, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli authorities said troops now need to enter Khan Younis to remove Hamas fighters from underground and did not want to see “civilians caught in the crossfire.”

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A Palestinian citizen cooks food and distributes it to displaced people coming from Gaza Cityon. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Khan Younis and nearby towns are already sheltering tens of thousands of people who had fled from the north of Gaza.

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A view of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) refugee camp located in Khan Yunis, Gaza where displaced Palestinian families take shelter as Israeli attacks on Gaza continue. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images)

It is unclear where civilians are supposed to go because Israel has been bombing all parts of the Gaza Strip, including the South, where it told civilians to evacuate to “for their safety” on Nov. 8.

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General view of buildings which were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

The United Nations has said that “nowhere is safe” in Gaza.

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Relatives of wounded members of the Palestinian Baraka family comfort each other at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, following Israeli air strikes that hit their building in the southern Gaza Strip city. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli airstrikes and a ground offensive has killed more than 14,000 Palestinians, including more than 5,000 children, since Oct. 7.

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An infographic titled ”Death toll in Gaza reached 11,240″ created in Ankara, Turkiye. (Photo by Elif Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

More than 70% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have lost their homes.

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Palestinian children run as they flee from Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
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Palestinians check the rubble of a building in Khan Yunis on November 6, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that there will be no permanent ceasefire until all of its hostages are released and it completely dismantles Hamas.

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Smoke rises during an Israeli military bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Many Palestinians say they are fearful this will be another Nakba, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their lands during the creation of Israel in 1948.

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Children of Palestinian families who displaced to the area around Nasser Hospital due to Israeli attacks continue their lives under difficult conditions in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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