Israel informed people in Gaza of the evacuation order by dropping leaflets urging them to move south, saying the city would 'remain a dangerous combat zone'.
The Israeli military has urged all Palestinians to leave Gaza City and head south, pressing ahead with a fresh offensive across the north, south and centre of the territory that has killed dozens of people over the past 48 hours .
Months ago, Israel ordered residents of northern Gaza, including Gaza City, to flee south , and much of the population left earlier in the war. Large parts of Gaza City and urban areas around it have been flattened or left a shattered landscape by previous Israeli assaults. The United Nations says about 300,000 Palestinians have remained in the hard-hit north, with the bulk of those said to be in Gaza City. Most of Gaza's 2.
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