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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Thousands flee Khan Younis after Israel warns of new offensive

Adults and children on the back on a lorry, the women in headscarves
Palestinians flee Khan Younis on Sunday following an order by the Israeli army to leave parts of the southern area of the city. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Thousands of people have fled the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis after the Israeli military warned of a new operation to flush out Hamas militants that it says have regrouped there.

In al-Jala, a neighbourhood in the south of the city that the Israel Defense Forces had previously designated a humanitarian zone, residents on Sunday packed their belongings, uncertain where to seek refuge. Israel said rockets had been fired from the area.

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