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Kat Lonsdorf

Israel's map and evacuation messages for Gaza are adding to the chaos

A boy in Rafah, Gaza, holds a leaflet dropped by an Israeli aircraft that advises residents to stay sheltered ahead of planned airstrikes. (Anas Baba/NPR)

TEL AVIV, Israel, and RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Nearly 1.9 million Palestinians have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip in two months of war between Israel and Hamas, according to the United Nations. That's 85% of the population in the besieged enclave.

They are being squeezed into smaller and smaller areas — as Israel urges Palestinians to escape its air-and-ground campaign, which has left more than 16,000 dead in Gaza, according to health officials in the Hamas-run territory.

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