City in southern Gaza on border with Egypt is thought to house about a million people displaced from elsewhere in Gaza
Israel’s military has issued a call for residents and displaced people to evacuate eastern neighbourhoods of Rafah and head to an “expanded humanitarian zone” in southern Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it was making the call to evacuate through “announcements, text messages, phone calls and media broadcasts in Arabic”. It added: “This matter will progress in a gradual manner according to ongoing situation assessments that will take place all the time.”
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