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Israel orders Rafah evacuation
…as it continues bombardment of Gaza
(ALJAZEERA) Israel has announced new forced evacuation orders for Rafah in southern Gaza, as the military said it plans to expand its renewed assault on the enclave.
The military’s Arabic language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced on X on Monday morning that the army was returning to “fight with great force” in Rafah, one of Gaza’s largest cities, and surrounding areas. He called on Palestinians to immediately move to shelter in al-Mawasi on the coast. The area has regularly come under Israeli fire during the war in Gaza, despite being designated as a “safe zone”.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli attack on a house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 31, 2025 [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]
Grim Eid celebrations
Israeli attacks have continued to rain down on Gaza as Palestinians observe Eid al-Fitr, a three-day holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. On Sunday, the first day of Eid, at least 64 Palestinians were killed. By Monday morning, the situation in Gaza had the same grim outlook, with at least nine people having been killed in Israeli attacks. Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary explained that in Khan Younis, the other main city in southern Gaza, Israeli forces have attacked “at least seven houses of different families”.
“There has also been endless artillery shelling in the central parts of the Gaza Strip, in Nuseirat, and also in the area very close to the Netzarim Corridor,” she said, adding that explosions were heard in Deir el-Balah, and three farmers were killed in the area. In Beit Hanoon, northern Gaza, children who once celebrated the joyous occasion of Eid are now spending the holiday in fear. “We’re too scared to go near the beach in case the Israelis shell us,” Wissam Nassar told Al Jazeera. Hussein Alkafarna added: “We don’t feel any joy this Eid. We can’t get new clothes, never mind the constant fear we live in.”
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