Palestinian civilians told to leave Gaza City as Israel steps up offensive
by Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem, Malak A Tantesh in Gaz from World news | The Guardian on (#6P45W)
Evacuation order follows deadly airstrikes on locations including schools and shelters in past few days
The Israeli military told all Palestinian civilians to leave Gaza City and head south on Wednesday as it stepped up a military offensive in the territory that has killed dozens of people over the past 48 hours.
The evacuation order, carried out by dropping leaflets urging all those in Gaza City" to take two safe routes" south to the area around the central town of Deir al-Balah, came after a series of deadly strikes over the past two days in other parts of Gaza.
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