Israel has issued new evacuation orders for Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, forcing more families to flee, saying its forces intended to act against Hamas and others operating in the area, Reuters reports.

The Deir al-Balah municipality says Israeli evacuation orders have so far displaced 250,000 people.

The new orders forced many families and patients to leave Al-Aqsa Hospital, the main medical facility in Deir al-Balah, where hundreds of thousands of residents and displaced people had taken shelter, for fear of bombardments.

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