Issues New Evacuation Order, Israel Strikes Gaza Strip Again

JAKARTA - Israeli military attacks killed 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Most of them were in the city of Beit Lahiya on the north side, medics said.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army again issued a new evacuation order in the south of Gaza.

Medics said eight people were killed in a series of attacks in Beit Lahiya one of the two cities where soldiers have been operating since October while four others have died elsewhere in Gaza City.

The Israeli army issued an evacuation order to residents in the northern district of Khan Younis, the city of the southern Gaza Strip, citing rocket fire by militants from the area. The order prompted the exodus of the family in a hurry, mostly before dawn, to the west.

For your own safety, you must immediately evacuate the area and move to a humanitarian zone, the army said in a statement posted on X.

Palestinian officials and the United Nations say there are no safe areas in the region. Most of Gaza's 2.3 million population have been internally displaced, even as many as 10 times since the war began last year.

Israel launched its military operations in a densely populated Palestinian enclave after Hamas-led fighters attacked the Israeli community on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and holding more than 250 people hostage, according to Israeli tallies.