Israel today ordered the evacuation of those who were in areas of the city of Khan Yunis, in its southern part Gaza Stripas it continues its ground assault, forcing desperate residents to move even as bombs they fall in areas that continue to be classified as safe.

The Israeli military posted a map on Platform X this morning with approx one quarter of the city of Khan Yunis to be marked in yellow as ground that must be evacuated immediately. Three arrows point south and west, urging people to moved even closer to the Mediterranean Sea and the Egyptian border.

Many of those trying to move away had already been displaced from other areas and quite a few they sleep in makeshift shelters having their minimal possessions in plastic bags.

Abu Mohammed told Reuters that now it is the third time he has been forced to move since leaving his home in the Gaza Strip North.

“Last night Israeli tanks bombarded from the east, and the north, as well as from (warships) to the west from the direction of the sea, fires around us, and the house trembled and was illuminated by the red glow of the explosions, causing panic and terror to the adults and children”, he said. “Why did they throw us out of our homes in Gaza City if they planned to kill us there?”.

In a house in Khan Younis that was hit during the night, flames licked the collapsed walls and gray smoke rose from the ruins. A child’s stuffed animal was covered in dust. Small children searched through the rubble with their bare hands.

alongside, Nesrin Abdelmoti stood among the damaged furniture in the rented room where she lives with her divorced daughter and two-year-old baby.

“We were sleeping at 5 in the morning when we felt things around us collapsing, everything going up and down,” she told Reuters. “They told (people) to move from the north to Khan Younis, as the south is safer. And now, they bombed Han Younis. Even Han Yunis is not safe now, and even if we move to Rafa, Rafa is not safe either. Where do they want us to go?’.

Up to 80% of Gaza’s 2.3 residents have fled their homes due to Israeli shelling which have flattened much of the coastal enclave. Health officials in the enclave say the bombing has killed more than 15,500 people, with thousands more missing and possibly buried in the rubble.

Israel has launched its operation aimed at eliminating the Hamas Islamists who rule Gaza in retaliation for an attack by Palestinian militants on October 7.which killed 1,200 people and took 240 hostage, according to Israeli figures.

“The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) continues to expand its ground operation against Hamas centers throughout the Gaza Strip,” Israeli army spokesman Major General Daniel Haggari told reporters in Tel Aviv overnight. “The forces come face to face with terrorists and kill them.”

Alongside, the army distributed visuals showing troops patrolling with armored vehicles and infantryin fields and in damaged urban areas and shoot, without specifying where they are inside Gaza.

Government spokesman Eilon Levy said that the military hit over 400 targets over the weekend “including extensive airstrikes in the Khan Yunis area» and that they also killed Hamas fighters while destroying its infrastructure in Beit Lahiya in the north.