GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: The Israeli military said on Monday (Sep 9) it ordered the evacuation of several neighbourhoods and towns near Gaza City, warning of imminent fighting after rockets were launched from the area.
Avichay Adraee, a military spokesman, posted on social media platform X a map showing several areas in the Gaza Strip’s northwest to be evacuated, declaring them part of a “dangerous combat zone”.
Israel has issued numerous evacuation orders during its war against Gaza rulers Hamas, triggered by the Palestinian militant group’s Oct 7 attack.
The evacuation orders have covered most of Gaza’s territory, according to the United Nations, and include areas where the military had previously said were largely cleared of Palestinian armed groups.
Adraee said Palestinian fighters were “once again firing rockets at the State of Israel” from Gaza’s northwest, a focus of Israel’s military operations in the early stages of the war.
Earlier on Monday, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian group fighting alongside Hamas in Gaza, claimed responsibility for rockets launched at southern Israel.
The military said “two projectiles were identified crossing from northern Gaza into Israeli territory” late Sunday, with one intercepted and the other falling in the sea.
Source: CNA
