Jerusalem:
Israel has ordered residents of the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip to “urgently” evacuate ahead of another planned attack in the area.
“You are in a dangerous combat zone,” Avichay Adraee, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), wrote on the social media platform X on Tuesday.
He said the military has a plan to “act with great force” against Hamas infrastructure in the area, Xinhua news agency reported.
“For your safety, evacuate immediately,” he urged.
Israeli attacks intensified on Tuesday, with reports of intense attacks in the northern regions, where the IDF had previously withdrawn some of its forces, as well as in the central and southern areas.
Earlier on Tuesday, four rockets were fired from Gaza towards Sderot, a city in southern Israel. Israeli rescue services said airstrike sirens sounded but caused no injuries.
According to Israeli state-run KAN TV, a garage caught fire due to remnants of an interceptor missile fired at the rockets.
The number of Palestinian deaths in Gaza has risen to 34,183, mostly civilians, according to the enclave's health ministry statement on Tuesday.
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