The Israeli military has issued an evacuation order for residents of Khan Younis and surrounding areas in southern Gaza, ahead of a planned strike after projectiles were fired from there earlier in the day, AFP reports.

“IDF (Israeli) troops are operating with significant force in the area, and will strike with intensity on any location from which rockets are launched,” the military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said on X. “For your safety, move immediately westward to recognised shelters in Al-Mawasi” area, he added.

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