Tonight, Israel has informed the United Nations that all Palestinians in the Northern Gaza Strip should relocate within the next 24 hours – signaling heavy bombardment and a ground invasion are imminent. That would reportedly include more than 1 million Palestinians being given the word to get out. This is Israel giving all civilians in the Gaza Strip a chance to get out – far more mercy than what Hamas has ever shown.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense and the IDF notified the UN just before midnight local time to evacuate its staff and notify Palestinians living north of Wadi Gaza that they should evacuate to the southern part of the Gaza Strip in the next 24 hours, UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric and another source with direct knowledge.
The big picture: More than 1 million Palestinians live in this area. The message could be a signal that the Israeli military is preparing for an imminent ground operation.
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- The sources told Axios that the IDF’s reason for the notification was in order for civilians not to be hurt by the military’s actions and operations.
- More than 1,530 Palestinians and 1,200 Israelis have been killed, thousands have been injured, and hundreds of thousands of others have been displaced since the latest fighting between Israel and Hamas began. Hamas is believed to be holding about 150 hostages in Gaza. . . . .