Israel Warns Palestinians to Evacuate Northern Gaza ahead of Possible Ground Invasion

The Israeli military ordered civilians living in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate the area within 24 hours, possibly signaling an impending ground invasion to root out Hamas terrorists based in the area.

“The IDF calls for the evacuation of all civilians from Gaza City from their homes southwards for their own safety and protection and to move to the area south of the Wadi Gaza, the river Gaza, as shown on the map,” Israel Defense Forces spokesman Jonathan Conricus said Friday morning.

The message was shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, to minimize the number of civilian casualties in Israel’s ongoing offensive against northern Gaza. Roughly 1.1 million Palestinians live in the area.

The IDF has called up a record 360,000 reservists since Saturday, tens of thousands of whom have massed on the border with Gaza.