Israel has ordered Palestinians to evacuate from parts of central Gaza in its latest such directive as it pushes more of the besieged enclave’s 2.3 million-strong population into a smaller area while widening its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reports.

The Israeli military on Friday ordered families to flee for their “safety” to shelters in southern Gaza’s Deir el-Balah, from Bureij and areas of Nuseirat in central Gaza.

The announcement has incensed the region’s weary and exhausted residents, many of whom have already been internally displaced several times since October 7.

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