IDF warns aid workers only hospitals are protected sites in northern Gaza

Israeli military says aid infrastructure could be targeted after order to all Gaza residents and inhabitants' to leave

Humanitarian workers in northern Gaza have been repeatedly warned by the Israeli military that only hospitals will be considered protected sites and all other aid infrastructure could be targeted.

In messages and conversations with aid workers in recent days seen by the Guardian, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said an order to all Gaza residents and inhabitants" to evacuate Gaza City, the biggest urban centre in the territory, applied to all humanitarian locations [there], except hospitals" and warned that to defeat Hamas [Israeli troops] will operate ... with great force".