RAMALLAH: At least 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike in the Gaza town of Zawayda, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Saturday (Aug 17), as Israel issued new evacuation orders, citing Hamas rocket fire nearby.
A Palestinian walks at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a shelter housing displaced people, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in central Gaza Strip, Aug 17, 2024. RAMALLAH: At least 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike in the Gaza town of Zawayda, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Saturday , as Israel issued new evacuation orders, citing Hamas rocket fire nearby.
Israel's military spokesperson in Arabic posted instructions on X for people in parts of central Gaza, including in Maghazi district which is near Zawayda, to evacuate to a designated humanitarian zone.Reuters could not immediately verify whether any areas of Zawayda were among those ordered to evacuate and whether people there received the military's instructions.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Friday's orders, which also included other areas of the enclave outside the humanitarian zones, had affected around 170,000 displaced people. Most of Gaza's 2.3 million population has been displaced by the 10-month-old Israeli offensive, which has laid waste to much of the enclave.
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