War in Israel – call to flee Gaza + operation imminent

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A ground offensive in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Hamas attacks appears imminent: the Israeli army has announced an operation in Gaza City in the coming days. The Israeli army has called on civilians to flee Gaza City en masse. Follow the situation here in the krone.at live ticker!

  • The Israeli army has urged all civilians to leave Gaza City and head to the south of the Gaza Strip. That would affect about 1.1 million people.

  • Palestinians fear this could be a harbinger of a planned Israeli ground offensive following last weekend’s deadly Hamas attack.
  • The UN considers it impossible that such a wave of refugees can occur without devastating humanitarian consequences.

  • The human rights organization Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of using white phosphorus ammunition in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
  • In view of the Israeli army’s massive airstrikes, the WHO warns of a collapse of the healthcare system in Gaza.

Hamas’s brutal attacks and the war that followed are the latest sad chapter in the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Read a chronology of the bloody events here.

Source: Krone

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