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How Israel is squeezing 1.8 million Palestinians into an airport-sized area

While some Palestinians are sheltering in UN schools in Khan Younis, Israel's marked area for evacuation houses 21 shelters and 50,000 internally displaced people [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

The Israeli military has asked Palestinian residents of Gaza to evacuate to a part of the town of al-Mawasi in the south of the besieged strip, designating it as a safe space.

The directive comes at a time when Israel has stepped up its bombing of southern Gaza, especially around the city of Khan Younis, which the Israeli military claims is sheltering leaders of Hamas.

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