Israel instructed the United Nations that all the inhabitants of northern Gaza — about 1.1 million individuals — ought to evacuate to the southern a part of the territory inside 24 hours, an order that the U.N. considers unattainable “without devastating humanitarian consequences,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the U.N. Secretary General stated in an announcement. The Israel Defense Forces additionally wrote on social media early Friday that residents of Gaza City ought to “move south for their protection” as Israel continues to pummel the territory in retribution for the unprecedented Hamas assaults and readies forces for an anticipated floor incursion. The state of affairs in Gaza is more and more dire, with authorities reporting water and electrical energy shortages and hospitals working out of gasoline.
