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Israel orders evacuation from Rafah area in south Gaza

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Israel's military on Monday called for the evacuation of Palestinians from eastern Rafah, ahead of a long-threatened ground invasion of the southern Gaza

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  1. Israel has briefed US on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation

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    Israel orders evacuation from Rafah area in south Gaza

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  1. Daily Journal

    Israel has briefed US on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation (opens Daily Journal)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah aimed at rooting out Hamas militants, according to U.S. officials familiar with the talks.

  2. Green Field Reporter

    Israel has briefed US on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah aimed at rooting out Hamas militants, according to U.S. officials familiar with the talks.

  3. Los Angeles Times

    Israel has briefed the U.S. on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation, officials say (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    U.S. officials say the Israeli plan does not change the administration’s view that full-scale attacks in Rafah would put too many Palestinian civilians at risk and worsen an already dire humanitarian crisis.

  4. WHDH Boston

    Israel has briefed US on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential operation in the southern

  5. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Israel has briefed U.S. on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

  6. New York Post

    Israel briefed Biden admin on evacuation plan ahead of Rafah operation (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Israel briefed the White House on its plan to evacuate Palestinians from Rafah ahead of its potential invasion of the southern Gazan city.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Israel orders Rafah evacuation after night of intense bombardment (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Palestinian families have begun leaving eastern Rafah after the Israeli military ordered its evacuation.

  8. France 24

    'Where can we go?' say Rafah residents as Israel demands evacuation (opens France 24)

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    Palestinian civilians in the southern Gazan city of Rafah voiced despair on Monday as Israel dropped fliers urging them to evacuate for their own "safety" ahead of a "limited" military operation.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Israel calls for civilians in eastern Rafah to evacuate immediately (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Israel Defense Forces has called on Palestinian civilians sheltering in eastern parts of Rafah, Gaza, to evacuate immediately.

  10. Digital Journal

    Israel orders evacuation from Rafah area in south Gaza (opens Digital Journal)

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    Israel's military on Monday called for the evacuation of Palestinians from eastern Rafah, ahead of a long-threatened ground invasion of the southern Gaza

  11. Voice of America

    Israeli military calls for evacuations from eastern Rafah ahead of planned offensive (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks at stand-still

  12. The Week

    Israel warns 100k Gazans to evacuate Rafah (opens The Week)

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    The Week's feed description

    Israel has threatened to launch a full-scale invasion of Rafah amid their ongoing war against Hamas.

  13. New York Times

    Middle East Crisis: Israeli Military Warns Thousands in Rafah to Evacuate (opens New York Times)

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    Israel wants to “move people out of harm’s way,” a military official said, a sign that it may be inching closer to invading the Gazan city in defiance of international pressure.

  14. Truthout

    Israel Orders Evacuation in Rafah, Hours After Raiding Al Jazeera Offices (opens Truthout)

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    “The biggest genocide will take place, the biggest catastrophe will take place in Rafah,” one Palestinian said.

  15. Al-Monitor

    Israel's Rafah evacuation order heightens global alarm (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Israel called on Palestinians to leave eastern Rafah Monday ahead of a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city, amid increasing global alarm about the consequences of such a move.The evacuation call followed disagreement between Israel and Hamas over the Palestinian militant group's demands to end…

  16. Al Jazeera

    Israel orders Rafah evacuation as Gaza truce talks stall (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Blaming Hamas for deadlocked negotiations, Israel appears set to launch threatened offensive on southern Gaza city.

  17. Local News 8

    Israeli military tells Gazans in parts of eastern Rafah to ‘evacuate immediately’ (opens Local News 8)

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    By Helen Regan, Sophie Jeong and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has issued a call for residents of eastern Rafah to “evacuate immediately,” a day after the country’s defense minister told troops inside Gaza to expect “intense action in Rafah in the near future.

  18. CNN

    Gazans start leaving eastern Rafah as Israeli military orders evacuations (opens CNN)

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    Gazans packed their belongings on pick-up trucks, cars and donkey-drawn carts after Israel’s military issued a call for residents there to “evacuate immediately.”

  19. Insider

    Despite US warnings, Israel signals it's going ahead with what could be a 'disaster' in Rafah (opens Insider)

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    Israel has warned Palestinian civilians to evacuate the eastern part of Rafah ahead of an expected assault.

  20. The Guardian

    Forcibly displacing Rafah civilians would be war crime, France warns Israel (opens The Guardian)

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    Countries speak out against Israeli orders to evacuate before threatened attack on southern Gaza city

  21. Deutsche Welle

    Israel-Hamas war: Israeli military urges Rafah evacuation – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The Israel Defense Forces has called on Palestinian civilians to move from eastern parts of Rafah to an "expanded humanitarian area" ahead of a possible ground offensive. DW has more.

  22. NPR

    Israel orders Rafah evacuations; Boeing plans to launch a spacecraft (opens NPR)

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    Israel has ordered Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah after cease-fire talks failed. Boeing is set to launch two astronauts to the International Space Station tonight.

  23. Al Jazeera

    World reacts to Israel’s Rafah evacuation order (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Aid groups warn of devastating consequences of any assault on Rafah after Israel orders tens of thousands to evacuate.

  24. Al Jazeera

    Why is Israel forcing the evacuation of part of Rafah, Gaza’s last refuge? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Israel argues its security depends on disbanding Hamas battalions in Rafah as it calls on 100,000 people to evacuate.

  25. The Daily Caller

    Israel Begins Evacuation Operations In Rafah, Gears Up For Push Into Last Hamas Stronghold (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Israel began civilian evacuation operations on Monday in Rafah, the southernmost region of Gaza.

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