Israel presses ground offensive in Gaza, issues evacuation order in Rafah
The Hindu
Israel's military launches ground operations in Gaza, urging Palestinians to flee offensive in Rafah city.
Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday (March 23, 2025) urging Palestinians to flee an offensive in Rafah city nearly a week into a renewed assault on the Hamas-ruled territory.
The latest evacuation warning follows a deadly flare-up in Lebanon and missiles fired from Yemen, as Israeli troops again deploy to parts of Gaza despite calls to revive a January truce.
In a statement on X, military spokesman Avichay Adraee said the army "launched an offensive to strike the terrorist organisations" in a district of the southern city of Rafah, already the target of a major Israeli offensive about a year ago.
In a message that AFP correspondent said also appeared on leaflets dropped over the area by drone, Adraee called on Palestinians there to leave the "dangerous combat zone" in Tal al-Sultan district and move further north.
At a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza's main city just north of Rafah, 19-year-old Iman al-Bardawil said many displaced Palestinians like her struggle to "afford food and drink".
"We are in the month of Ramadan, which is a blessed month, and people... find themselves obliged to come here," Bardawil told AFP, lamenting "the suffering" she saw around her.
"I'm here to get rice for the children, but it's gone," said Saed Abu al-Jidyan, who like Bardawil has fled his home in northern Gaza.
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