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Al-Qassam's Abu Ubaida: Ashkelon residents have until 5 pm to leave
10 October 2023 13:13 BST
Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of Hamas; Izzideen al-Qassam Brigades, said Ashkelon residents should leave the coastal Israeli city before 5 pm local time (2pm GMT).
"In response to the enemy’s crime of displacing our people and forcing them to flee their homes in several areas of the Gaza Strip, we are giving the residents of the occupied city of Ashkelon a deadline to leave it before 5pm," Abu Ubaida said in a brief communique.