The Israeli army today ordered a new mass evacuation of areas of Khan Younis and Rafah districts in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have already been forced to flee by fighting several weeks ago..

The Arabic-speaking spokesman of the Israeli army, Avihai Andrae, ordered, according to a statement, the evacuation of the towns of al-Kwarara, Bani Suheika and other towns in the eastern part of these two provinces.

This order comes after this morning “20 missiles” were fired at Israel from the Khan Younis area.

Earlier, the Israeli military had announced that “20 missiles” had been fired from the southern Gaza Strip at Israel, an attack claimed by the armed wing of the Palestinian Authority. Islamic Jihad.

“Approximately 20 projectiles were detected coming from the Khan Yunis sector,” the army said in a statement. “A number of missiles were intercepted and others landed in southern Israel.”

According to the army, there are no casualties, adding that it responded by hitting the positions from which the missiles were fired with artillery.

The al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, pointed out that they “targeted” Israeli areas around the Gaza Strip with rockets, “in response to the crimes of the Zionist enemy against our Palestinian people.”

Islamic Jihad is fighting in Gaza alongside Hamas.