More than 100,000 Gazans in Rafah were warned of the attack this morning. order to evacuate Israel.

With the help of airdropped brochures and SMS messages, residents of the area were invited to go to “expanded humanitarian zone” Al-Mawasi, which extends to Deir al-Balah in the central region, the Israeli army said.

However, the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip reported that So far, the response from Gazans has been “limited.” “We have seen limited citizen response to Zionist evacuation orders, and vital Rafah institutions continue to operate as normal,” the press office said in a statement.

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.

Given the announcement of the attack in Rafah, the director of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said today that both his agency and other partners on the ground They will not comply with evacuation orders and will continue to provide “critical assistance” in Rafah for as long as possible.

“An Israeli offensive on Rafah will mean more suffering and death among civilians. The consequences will be devastating for 1.4 million people,” UNRWA said on social media. “UNRWA does not evacuate: “The agency will maintain its presence in Rafah for as long as possible and continue to provide life-saving assistance to people.”

At the same time, Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, sharply criticized the threat and said that “Israel’s orders to evacuate Rafah’s civilian population portend the worst: new war and famine. It is unacceptable.”

“Israel must abandon its ground offensive and apply UNSCR 2728,” Borrell wrote on social networks, assuring that the EU, together with the international community, You can and should act to avoid this scenario.

Likewise, the French Foreign Minister also took a stand and reminded Israel that “the forced displacement of civiliansis a war crime by international standards“.

A senior Hamas official said: Evacuation order was ‘dangerous escalation’ this will have consequences. “The US government, along with the occupation, is responsible for this terrorism,” he told the agency. Reuters Sami Abu Zuhri on Israel’s alliance with Washington.

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Aid agencies have warned that evacuation orders will lead to an even worse humanitarian disaster in the crowded coastal enclave. 2.3 million people after seven months of war.

“Forcing more than a million displaced Palestinians from Rafah to evacuate without a safe destination is not only unlawful, but will have catastrophic consequences,” said British charity ActionAid.

(according to information from EFE And Reuters