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Israeli Warning / Evacuation Map. Twitter (X) post @AvichayAdraee
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by Jack Khoury for Haaretz
5/31/2025

The Israeli army has ordered residents of Khan Yunis, Bani Suhaila and Abasan, covering almost all of southern Gaza, to move west immediately to the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone.

The same areas had been issued an evacuation order most recently last week. The IDF Spokesperson in Arabic said that "this area has been warned several times in the past and has been identified as a dangerous combat zone."

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افيخاي ادرعي
@AvichayAdraee

Translated from Arabic by
#عاجل To all residents of Khan Yunis, Bani Suhaila and Abasan

Terrorist organizations continue to use your surroundings to launch rockets towards Israel. The IDF will forcefully attack any area used as a launching pad for terrorist activities.

This area has been warned and warned several times in the past and has been identified as a dangerous combat zone.

Terrorist organizations, primarily Hamas, bear full responsibility for the suffering and displacement of the population.

You must evacuate the area immediately and move west to the Mawasi area.

Terrorist organizations have brought you disaster - for your safety, evacuate immediately.
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Attacks
See also: May 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack, June 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack, 13 July 2024 al-Mawasi attack, and September 2024 al-Mawasi strike

This section is an excerpt from Gaza Strip evacuations § Al-Mawasi.[edit]

January 2025
Israel declared Al-Mawasi a "safe zone".[10] Internally displaced persons who fled to Al-Mawasi reported no water, electricity, or buildings to shelter.[11] The UN and relief groups do not recognize Al-Mawasi or provide services there.[12] Al-Mawasi has been attacked numerous times during the war. The UN Human Rights Office has stated that "despite Al Mawasi, Khan Younis being declared a 'humanitarian zone' by the Israeli military, it continues to conduct airstrikes and shelling into the area.".[13]

On 26 December 2023, Israel bombed Al-Mawasi, killing one woman and saying it would not refrain from bombing safe zones.[14] Israeli bombings on 4 January 2024 focused on al-Mawasi, killing 14 people from two families, mostly children under ten.[15]

On 14 January 2024, UNOCHA reported that the displaced in al-Mawasi camp were in need of humanitarian supplies.[16] On 15 January 2024, three displaced people sheltering in a tent were reported killed by an Israeli airstrike.[17] On 22 January, the Gaza Health Ministry stated Israeli soldiers had raided the al-Khair hospital in al-Mawasi and arrested medical staff.[18] On 23 January, Israeli warplanes reportedly bombed tents for displaced people.[19]

On 3 February 2024, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported it finished setting up the fifth shelter camp in Al-Mawasi, able to house up to seventy families.[20] On 6 February, a woman was killed by an Israeli sniper.[21] Two people were injured by Israeli gunfire on 24 February.[22] On 10 March, at least 16 people were reported hospitalized following heavy Israeli bombardment.[23]

Israeli shelling on 11 March killed at least 14 people.[24] The Gaza Health Ministry reported an Israeli air raid had killed 12 people sheltering in a tent.[25] Children sheltering in a tent were reportedly killed on 27 March.[26][27] In mid-June 2024, witnesses stated they were evacuating al-Mawasi due to "unrelenting attacks" by the Israeli army.[28] A late-June 2024 attack reportedly killed at least 25 people and wounded 50.[29] In July 2024, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 17 and wounded 26 in a tent area for displaced families in Al-Mawasi, according to the health ministry.[30] Later that same month, an attack killed 90 people and wounded 300.[31]
Two days after the Tel al-Sultan massacre by Israel, in which 45 people were killed, Palestinian officials said Israel attacked al-Mawasi, killing 21 people including 12 women.[32] Israel denied attacking the area. The New York Times published a video of the aftermath of the attack on Al-Mawasi.[33] On 13 July 2024, 90 people were killed by an Israeli airstrike on a displacement camp.[34] On 28 July 2024, five people were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Al-Mawasi, according to the Gaza Civil Defence.[35] On 21 August 2024, four farmers working near al-Mawasi were reportedly killed by Israeli tanks.[36] On 10 September 2024, 40 people were killed and over 60 are injured in an Israeli airstrike on a displacement camp.[37] On 13 September 2024, 19 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes.[38] On 4 December, at least 20 people were killed in an Israeli attack.[39]

On 16 April 2025, at least 16 people were killed and 23 others were injured by an Israeli airstrike, according to the spokesman of Gaza's civil defence agency, Mahmud Bassal.[40]

On 25 April, a family of five, including three children were killed by Israeli forces.[41]

On 18 May, at least 36 people were killed and more than 100 were injured when Israeli forces targeted a tent camp for displaced people.[42]

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