JAKARTA - The Israeli military issued a call for residents of the eastern Rafah to evacuate immediately, a day after Israel's defense minister told his forces in Gaza there would be an "intensive action in Rafah in the near future."
Reported by Reuters, Avichay Adraee, head of Arab media division at the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, wrote, For your safety, the Defense Army urges you to immediately evacuate to an extended humanitarian area in checkpoints.
Adraee issued an "emergency call" to people living in Al-Shawka and in the neighborhood around Al-Salam, Al-Jneina, Tiba Zaraa, and Al-Bayouk in the Rafah area.
An IDF spokesman said in a briefing on Monday, May 6, it was a limited operation for temporary evacuation' and not a large-scale evacuation.
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Israel has repeatedly hinted at plans to send troops to Rafah, a southern city bordering Egypt, where more than one million Palestinian refugees are believed to have been displaced since October 7.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant told his troops on Sunday, May 5, in the Gaza Strip there would be an "intensive action in Rafah in the near future, and elsewhere across the Gaza Strip," because Hamas had no intention of reaching an agreement on hostages and ceasefire.
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