- Title: Gazans flee from eastern Rafah following Israeli evacuation orders
- Date: 18th March 2025
- Summary: RAFAH, GAZA (MARCH 18, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING IN THE STREET CARRYING BELONGINGS AFTER ISRAEL ISSUED EVACUATION ORDERS VARIOUS OF TRUCKS MOVING CARRYING MATTRESSES AND BELONGINGS / CHILDREN AND WOMEN SITTING AND STANDING NEXT TO THEIR BELONGINGS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN RESIDENT OF RAFAH, UMM (MOTHER OF) FAKHRI AL ARJA, SAYING: “We left because of
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- Keywords: DISPLACMENT GAZA HAMAS ISRAEL RAFAH
- Location: RAFAH, GAZA
- City: RAFAH, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001965518032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Carrying their belongings on foot and moving on trucks, Palestinian families fled their eastern Rafah, Gaza, on Tuesday (March 18) following Israeli evacuation orders.
After heavy strikes, the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for a number of neighborhoods in Gaza, according to a statement.
Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza, killing 326 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, threatening the complete collapse of a two-month ceasefire as Israel vowed to use more force to free hostages held by Hamas.
Airstrikes hit houses and tent encampments from the north to south of the Gaza Strip and Israeli tanks shelled across the border line into the east and south of the enclave.
Witnesses in Gaza contacted by Reuters said Israeli tanks shelled areas in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, forcing many families who had returned after the ceasefire to leave their homes again and head north to Khan Younis.
The Palestinian militant group, which still holds 59 of the 250 or so hostages seized in its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, accused Israel of breaching the ceasefire and jeopardizing efforts by mediators to secure a permanent truce.
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