The Israeli military has told civilians in Gaza City to leave their homes and evacuate to the south, saying it will conduct significant military operations there in the coming days.
The military has told the residents of Gaza City that they will only be able to return to their homes once another announcement permitting them to do so is made.
Residents of Gaza have also been ordered not to approach the area of the fence with Israel.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) says it has relocated its centre of operations and international staff to southern Gaza.
The UNRWA announcement comes amid an order by Israel that all Palestinians must evacuate the north of Gaza within 24 hours – a relocation that would affect some 1.1 million people.
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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reiterated its call to civilian residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south of the Gaza Strip in a statement, posted on IDF’s official Telegram channel on Friday.
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"You will be able to return to Gaza City only when another announcement permitting it is made," the IDF said.
The Israeli army claimed that HAMAS militants are hiding in tunnels below residential buildings.
"Hamas terrorists are hiding in Gaza City inside tunnels underneath houses and inside buildings populated with innocent Gazan civilians," the statement says.