"In a post on X addressing residents of Gaza City, the military's Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said: From this moment, Salah al-Din road is closed for southbound travel. The Israeli Defence Forces will continue to operate with unprecedented force against Hamas and other terrorist organisations. He added the only possible route south was via Al-Rashid street and urged residents to take this opportunity and join the hundreds of thousands of city residents who have moved south to the humanitarian area."
"Israeli military officials said Gaza City was a Hamas stronghold and that as many as 450,000 civilians had left. The estimate was based on multiple sources, including drone surveillance, an official told the Guardian. Swathes of Gaza City, once a busy commercial and cultural hub, have been reduced to uninhabitable ruins. Until weeks ago, more than a million people were living there, many already displaced numerous times."
The Israeli military announced it will operate with unprecedented force in Gaza City and closed the Salah al-Din southbound route, directing civilians to Al-Rashid Street. The military urged residents to move south toward humanitarian areas and reported hundreds of thousands have already relocated. Israeli artillery, tank and air strikes continued, prompting new waves of mass displacement and about 60,000 people fleeing over 72 hours. Military officials described Gaza City as a Hamas stronghold and estimated up to 450,000 civilians had left based on multiple sources including drone surveillance. Large areas of the city have been reduced to uninhabitable ruins, and over a quarter of a million were displaced in the past month.
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