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The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for residents in the high-rise towers and urged Palestinians to move to the south of Gaza, as it intensifies its offensive on the city.
Sept. 6, 2025Updated 8:06 a.m. ET
The Israeli military on Saturday issued evacuation orders in Gaza City, and urged Palestinian civilians to move to the south of the territory, which it said it was designating as a humanitarian area. Aid organizations said such an exodus could worsen the humanitarian crisis.
The military warned that it planned to strike two high-rise buildings in Gaza City and ordered people inside them and in nearby tents to leave. A short time later, it said it had attacked one of the towers.
A military spokesman said the buildings were targets because of Hamas activity inside or near them. Hamas has not commented on that accusation.
The evacution orders came a day after the military destroyed a high-rise tower in Gaza City, also saying that Hamas has operated from it, which Hamas denied.
On Saturday, the military also said it was designating a humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi and Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza. The military said it would work to provide “field hospitals, water pipelines, and desalination facilities, along with the continued supply of food, tents, medicines, and medical equipment.”
In a statement, COGAT, the Israeli military agency that manages humanitarian affairs in Gaza, said the facilities were currently operational.
