Some 250,000 people in the southern Gaza Strip have been affected by the new evacuation order issued by Israel on Monday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Tuesday, July 2. “We saw people moving, families moving, people starting to pack up and try to leave this area.”UNRWA spokeswoman Louise Wateridge told reporters in Geneva via video link from Gaza. Follow our live coverage.
The army of the Hebrew State bombards the city of Khan Younis. Hundreds of Palestinians have been forced to flee the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip again, targeted by Israeli strikes, an AFP journalist has noted. The army ordered on Monday evening a new evacuation of areas of the governorates of Khan Younis and Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have already been forced to flee the fighting several weeks ago.
Rocket attacks claimed by Islamic Jihad. The Palestinian armed group allied with Hamas claimed to have fired on Israeli towns near Gaza. The Israeli army announced that “20 projectiles” had been taken from the Khan Younis region.
Military operations continue in a neighborhood of Gaza City. According to the army of the Hebrew State, ““About twenty terrorists were eliminated there by dozens of air strikes” And “Many terrorists were eliminated during the fighting”On Monday, the IDF also announced the death in combat of a soldier in southern Gaza, bringing to 317 the number of soldiers killed since October 27.