IOF Expands Forced Evacuation Orders in Khan Younis, Bombs Residential Buildings in Rafah

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) expanded forced evacuation orders in areas of Khan Younis today, south of the Gaza Strip, and blew up several homes, west of Rafah City, south of the Gaza Strip. The IOF demanded that the Palestinians and displaced persons in Al-Jalaa neighborhood, known as Hamad City, north of Khan Younis, evacuate immediately. The IOF also renewed its demand that the residents of new neighborhoods in the center of Khan Younis evacuate them by force. Meanwhile, the occupation's warplanes and artillery continued to bombard the towns and neighborhoods of Khan Younis. The number of displaced persons from eastern and central Khan Younis exceeded 70,000 Palestinian civilians. The IOF warplanes bombed the areas of Al-Qarara, Khaza'a, Bani Suheila, and Hamad Towers, causing widespread destruction. Wafa news agency said that this marks the third expansion of evacuation orders in Khan Younis in less than a week, following the announcement of an Israeli military offensive in the city on Friday. I n Rafah, the IOF demolished residential buildings in the city's western neighborhoods and conducted large-scale bulldozing operations in Al-Barahma area. The Israeli occupation continues its genocide against the Gaza Strip through airstrikes and bombardment shot from all sides (air, land and sea) since October 2023, murdering more than 39,790 Palestinian civilians and injuring more than 91,702 others, while tens of thousands of other victims remain under the rubble, as the IOF has been preventing ambulance and civil defense crews from reaching them. Source: Qatar News Agency