The Israeli army called on all residents of Gaza City to leave, and observers assumed that this was a sign of a new large-scale military operation, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.
Israeli media reported that the army has been distributing leaflets in the city since morning and forcing people to leave.
People should leave the city in the northern part of the Gaza Strip for the cities of Deir al-Bala and al-Zawiya in the central part of the Palestinian enclave, said the call, issued in Arabic by a military spokesman.
He also described the routes that those affected should use without crossing checkpoints. Gaza City is a dangerous war zone, the spokesman warned.
In recent weeks, the military has called on residents in several neighborhoods of the city to leave their homes. Since then, heavy fighting has taken place in several neighborhoods, including “Shejaya”. The last call is to leave the whole city.
Israeli forces carried out military operations in Gaza City at the start of the war in October.
Since then, fighters of the Palestinian rebel group “Hamas“ trying to regroup there and in other parts of the coastal enclave. Gaza City is one of the worst affected by the fighting and shelling in recent months.