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    Israel expands evacuation orders in Rafah as aid groups struggle to prepare

    by Aya Batrawy May 11, 2024 3 minutes
    Palestinians pile their belongings on a vehicle as it drives to safer areas in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday.

    TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's military issued new evacuation orders in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah, forcing even more Palestinians to relocate on Saturday ahead of a likely expanded ground operation there.

    The new evacuation orders encompass areas closer to the city center. Israel warned people that the military will act with "great force against terror organizations" in those neighborhoods as it goes after what it says are Hamas battalions in Rafah.

    The new military orders came despite international concerns over the danger to the more than 1 million Palestinians who'd

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