Thousands flee Khan Younis after Israel warns of new offensive
by Bethan McKernan and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusa from World news | The Guardian on (#6PX0S)
Displaced residents uncertain where to flee to as IDF prepares to fight Hamas in city in southern Gaza Strip
Thousands of people have fled the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis after the Israeli military warned of a new operation to flush out Hamas militants that it says have regrouped there.
In al-Jala, a neighbourhood in the south of the city that the Israel Defense Forces had previously designated a humanitarian zone, residents on Sunday packed their belongings, uncertain where to seek refuge. Israel said rockets had been fired from the area.
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