About 100,000 residents of the eastern quarters The southern Gaza city of Rafah, located near the so-called Philadelphia Corridor bordering Egypt, received messages and pamphlets this morning urging them to evacuate and go to the al-Mawasi “humanitarian zone”, the Israeli army said on Monday.

“In accordance with the approval of the (Israeli) government, the assessment of the current situation will determine the gradual movement of the civilian population from the specified areas. in the humanitarian sphere” This is stated in a statement by the army.

According to the source, evacuation order is “temporary” and was disseminated through pamphlets, SMS messages, phone calls and Arab media broadcasts.

“(Israeli Army) intends to act decisively against terrorist organizations in the area where you currently live, as they have done so far. Anyone who remains in this area is putting themselves and their families in danger. For your safety, evacuate immediately to the expanded humanitarian zone in Al-Mawasi,” one of the brochures issued reads.

The army said this morning at an online press conference with the media that The evacuation is a response to another attempt to “eliminate Hamas, return the hostages” and remove civilians from danger, but did not specify how much time residents have to complete this forced evacuation.

The statement also clarifies that The Al-Mawasi area, located near Khan Younis, has been expanded. and receives more humanitarian aid such as “field hospitals, tents, more food, water, medicine and additional supplies.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed yesterday that Israel will not end the war in Gaza even though it had reached a temporary truce agreement with Hamas and had been hinting for months at the “need” to destroy the Islamist group’s battalions that continue to operate in Rafah.

Evacuation order issued in less than 24 hours that yesterday, a dozen rocket attacks carried out by Hamas killed three soldiers and wounded eleven others in southern Gaza, near the Kerem Shalom crossing, which remains closed and inoperative following the incident.

Palestinian presidency asks US to act ‘before it’s too late’

Palestinian Presidential Spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh this Monday called on the administration of US President Joe Biden to: act “immediately” and prevent a ground invasion of Rafah.

“We ask the US administration act immediately and prevent genocide and population displacement, and hold Israel accountable for serious violations of international law before it is too late,” Rudeine said, as reported today by the Palestinian government-affiliated news agency WAFA.

The official added that the ground invasion in Rafah, home to more than 1.4 million Gazans, is overcrowded and most of them have been displaced. If this is not avoided, it will amount to a “genocidal massacre.”

In addition, Abu Rudeineh stated that the financial and military support that the United States is providing to Israel, as well as its refusal to end the war or enforce the decision of the UN Security Council, which ordered a ceasefire in late March, “immediately in the Gaza Strip during the month of Ramadan, This is what “encourages Netanyahu.”

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Denied access to the UN

The director of the United Nations Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said last night that Over the past week, Israel has twice denied him entry into the Gaza Strip. and an increase in attacks on humanitarian convoys and their personnel.

“In the last two weeks alone, we have recorded 10 incidents related to shooting at columns, arrests of UN personnel, i.e.“Including harassment, stripping, gun threats and long delays at checkpoints that forced convoys to move in the dark or abort” their mission, Lazzarini said on his X account.

“These incidents happen repeatedly when we “is locked in a race against time to avoid famine in the Gaza Strip.” and added that they also cause “fear” among humanitarian teams.

(according to information from EFE)