The Israeli military said on Saturday about 300,000 people have left eastern Rafah for the Al-Mawasi humanitarian area since it ordered an evacuation of the southern Gaza city on Monday.

Gaza city of Rafah on Thursday, May 9, 2024. © Abdel Kareem Hana, AP
The military has ordered Palestinians to leave more areas of eastern Rafah and the northern Gaza Strip as it pressed ahead with its fight against Hamas militants. Read our liveblog to follow all the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war.
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Israel called on residents from more areas of Rafah in the Gaza Strip to evacuate and head to the “expanded humanitarian area” in Al-Mawasi, according to a post on social media site X by the military’s Arabic-language spokesperson.
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The US State Department said in a report released Friday that it was “reasonable to assess” that Israel has used weapons in ways inconsistent with international humanitarian law during the seven-month-long Gaza war.
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At least 34,971 Palestinians have been killed and 78,641 wounded in Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, according to Israeli figures, with 132 still missing.