Middle East

Israel Orders Evacuation of So-Called ‘Safe Zones’ as Southern Gaza Is Bombed

SHRINKING SAFETY

Military officials say operations are now expanding to other areas in the enclave away from the devastated north.

Palestinians inspect a house destroyed in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, December 4, 2023.
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