The Israeli military has
called on people in east Khan Yunis to evacuate after it said rockets were fired at Israel from that area on July 1.At least 20 rockets were fired from Khan Yunis at south Israel on Monday,
the Times of Israel reported. The attack was claimed by Islamic Jihad, the report said.An Israel Defense Forces (
IDF) spokesman
said “the
IDF took warning measures and allowed civilians to evacuate the area to avoid harming civilians as much as possible.”He said warplanes carried out attacks on “targets in the area that yesterday witnessed the launching of about 20 rocket shells towards the towns surrounding the Gaza Strip.”
UNRWA criticized the evacuation order. “Just weeks after people were forced to return to a devastated Khan Younis, Israeli authorities have issued new evacuation orders for the area,” the agency
said.Around 250,000 were expected to flee,
UNRWA said. “Nowhere is safe in Gaza,” it said. Credit: Palestine Post via Storyful