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Hundreds of thousands are sheltering in Al-Mawasi and the surrounding region, aid workers say. Hundreds of thousands are sheltering in Al-Mawasi and the surrounding region, aid workers say.
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As Israel’s military offensive pushes Palestinian civilians into ever smaller slivers of land, the Israeli military said on Thursday that Hamas militants had fired rockets from inside one of the “humanitarian zones” in southern Gaza.As Israel’s military offensive pushes Palestinian civilians into ever smaller slivers of land, the Israeli military said on Thursday that Hamas militants had fired rockets from inside one of the “humanitarian zones” in southern Gaza.
The Israeli military posted videos and maps that it said showed rockets being fired toward Israel from within the humanitarian zone, Al-Mawasi. The videos and Israel’s account of them could not immediately be verified. It also was not immediately clear whether Israel would now regard Al-Mawasi, where thousands of people have fled, as a legitimate military target.The Israeli military posted videos and maps that it said showed rockets being fired toward Israel from within the humanitarian zone, Al-Mawasi. The videos and Israel’s account of them could not immediately be verified. It also was not immediately clear whether Israel would now regard Al-Mawasi, where thousands of people have fled, as a legitimate military target.
An Israeli military spokesman, Maj. Nir Dinar, said he could not discuss future operations. Gazans were being “updated frequently in various ways” about Israeli military activities, Major Dinar said.An Israeli military spokesman, Maj. Nir Dinar, said he could not discuss future operations. Gazans were being “updated frequently in various ways” about Israeli military activities, Major Dinar said.
Aid workers say that hundreds of thousands of people have sought shelter in the region surrounding Al-Mawasi near the Egyptian border, where on Wednesday, an Israeli military airstrike killed 18 people in the city of Rafah, according to a television station run by the Palestinian Authority, a rival to Hamas.Aid workers say that hundreds of thousands of people have sought shelter in the region surrounding Al-Mawasi near the Egyptian border, where on Wednesday, an Israeli military airstrike killed 18 people in the city of Rafah, according to a television station run by the Palestinian Authority, a rival to Hamas.
Al-Mawasi and Rafah, a city along the border with Egypt, are among the few remaining places Israel’s military has told displaced Gazans they can seek safety as its military offensive ramps up in southern Gaza.
Aid groups in recent days have said that with shelters in Rafah well beyond capacity, people were setting up tents wherever they could, on the street, in empty lots or in public buildings, leaving them highly vulnerable.