UN says Israeli military has given 1.1 million Gaza residents 24 hours to move amid warnings it could cause ‘devastating humanitarian consequences’
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Israel’s military has told 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to relocate farther south within 24 hours, the UN has said, as expectations grow that Israel will launch a ground invasion in response to Saturday’s unprecedented attacks by Hamas.
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, told multiple news outlets that UN officials working in Gaza were told by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) “that the entire population of Gaza north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to southern Gaza within the next 24 hours”, adding that this amounts to approximately 1.1 million people.
