Israel-Gaza: Israel orders more Rafahevacuations as fighting intensifies | BBC News

The Israel Defense Force has told tens of thousands more Palestinians to leave Rafah, as it intensifies military operations in southern Gaza.

Flyers dropped from the air and posts on social media told residents in the city's eastern districts to go toal-Mawasi - a narrow coastal area which Israel calls an"expanded humanitarian zone".

Israel's plans to extend its ground offensive to thesouthern tip of the Gaza Strip - where hundreds ofthousands of Palestinians have sought refuge fromfighting elsewhere in the territory, has sparked international concern.