The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) today issued an urgent evacuation order for residents in several neighbourhoods of eastern Gaza City as military operations intensified in the area. In a message posted on social media, IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee called on civilians to move westward for their safety.

He said, the IDF is working intensively in these areas to destroy terrorist infrastructure. Meanwhile, the IDF said in a statement that it had killed Hamas militant Ahmad Iyad Muhammad Farhat during a recent operation in Tel al-Sultan refugee camp in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.