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Aya Batrawy

Gazans flee their homes after an Israeli evacuation order but have few places to go

Palestinians in Gaza City — riding donkeys, driving cars and walking — flee northern Gaza on Friday after the Israeli military's warning to leave their homes and move south before an expected ground offensive. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)

JERUSALEM — More than 1 million residents of the besieged Gaza Strip were told Friday in paper notices dropped from the sky to leave their homes.

The unprecedented evacuation order from the Israeli military unleashed a new level of panic and chaos in the territory, which has been plunged into darkness since the main power plant shut down completely two days ago after running out of fuel.

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