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Israel issues new evacuation order in Gaza as attacks on Nuseirat kill 12 | News on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Palestinians living near the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza are being urged to leave the country as Israel prepares to use “major force” against Hamas.

Israel has issued a new warning to thousands of displaced Palestinians who have sought refuge in the central Gaza Strip, saying its military is preparing to use “major force” against Hamas in the region as it continues attacks across the besieged Strip bombed, killing at least twelve people since Saturday morning.

The evacuation call issued on Saturday is the first for Gaza in weeks and signals another possible humanitarian crisis with a new wave of mass displacement as Israel's war nears its one-year mark and at least 41,825 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed and wounded at least 96,910.

The Israeli army's order on the social media platform X was accompanied by a map showing the areas to be evacuated. They are located near the Netzarim Corridor, a strip of land occupied by Israeli forces that separates the northern Gaza Strip from the southern Gaza Strip. The area was previously evacuated due to deadly Israeli attacks.

Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary reported from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza and said Israel had carried out deadly bombardments of the area ahead of the warning.

In the Nuseirat refugee camp, Israel attacked a house and killed six family members, Khoudary reported.

She said another attack hit tents of displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah, causing more deaths, including a 13-year-old boy.

“Beit Hanoon in the northern Gaza Strip was also attacked by Israeli forces,” Khoudary said, adding that ground operations were also underway in the eastern part of the Palestinian territory.

“Everyone here is traumatized. Everyone here is drained and exhausted. “Everyone here is sad,” Khoudary said.

As the latest evacuation order was issued, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi renewed his call for ceasefires in both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, where fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah continues, while holding talks with officials from Iran's ally Syria on Saturday.

“The most important issue today is the ceasefire, especially in Lebanon and Gaza,” he told reporters.

“There are initiatives here. There have been consultations which we hope will be successful.”

Almost all of Gaza's 2.3 million residents have been displaced at least once since Israel began its war on Gaza on October 7 following deadly Hamas attacks on southern Israel. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced multiple times.

In response to reports of Hamas activity, the Israeli military has frequently returned to areas where it previously conducted operations.

Cultural sites on Palestinian territory have also paid a heavy price in the war, the United Nations cultural organization said.

On Saturday, UNESCO announced that it had found damage to 69 sites in Gaza last year: 10 religious sites, 43 buildings of historical and artistic interest, two depots for movable cultural property, six monuments, one museum and seven archaeological sites.

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