Post by Murph on May 6, 2024 7:18:49 GMT -6
IDF begins evacuation of Rafah residents amid negotiation deadlock
The IDF on Monday began evacuating the population in Rafah neighborhoods, following the collapse of the hostage deal negotiations and Hamas's demand to end the war in Gaza. Sources familiar with the details told Ynet the terror group's official response to the proposed Egyptian deal has yet to be received.
"The IDF is expanding the humanitarian zone in Al-Mawasi and is calling on the population to temporarily evacuate from the eastern neighborhoods of Rafah to the expanded humanitarian space," the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement, that was also conveyed to the Gazan population by an IDF spokesperson in Arabic.
In the morning hours, the IDF dropped missives with instructions for the evacuation via designated routes for residents in eastern Rafah to reach defined safe areas prepared by the military to the north of the city near Al-Mawasi. The IDF estimates that about 100,000 Palestinians reside in the evacuated area, out of 1.3 million residents in the entire Rafah region.
www.ynetnews.com/article/s1bijjug0