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Israel tells UN, Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza within 24 hours
13 October 2023 03:55 BST
Israel has told the United Nations to evacuate its staff and notify the more than one million Palestinians living north of Wadi Gaza that they should evacuate to the southern part of Gaza within the next 24 hours.
"The United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement, calling for the Israeli order to be reversed.
The warning was given just before midnight local time, according to Axios.
Israel has been conducting a heavy bombing campaign on Gaza this week, with air strikes killing at least 250 people on Thursday morning alone. The warning to evacuate has raised fears that an Israeli ground operation into Gaza is imminent.