More than 300,000 Palestinians have so far evacuated Gaza City to other areas of the Strip, according to fresh IDF estimates.
Tens of thousands left the area in the past day.
Around one million Palestinians were estimated to be residing in Gaza City before the IDF began to prepare for a major offensive against the Hamas terror group there.
Last week, the IDF ordered all of Gaza City to evacuate immediately ahead of the planned offensive.
Civilians have been instructed to head for an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Strip’s south.
In at least two instances, displaced Gazans say they have been prevented from setting up tents in an area of the southern Strip.
A video circulating on social media shows a man in an area north of Khan Younis who claims he was prevented from setting up a tent at the site, saying he was shot at when he tried to do so.
From the footage, it is not clear who the man believes attacked him.
Abdallah, a Gaza City resident who asked not to be named, tells The Times of Israel that his neighbor left Gaza City after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order amid a widening offensive, and set up a tent in the same area of the south shown in the video.
He says that it was Hamas members who blocked displaced residents from setting up the tents, arguing the land was “government property.”
It should be noted that some accounts on social media claimed that it was private individuals who were preventing evacuated Gazans from setting up the tents.
An Israeli Air Force strike destroyed a building at the Islamic University in Gaza City that was used to house displaced Palestinians, according to media reports in Gaza.
The IDF had issued an evacuation warning for the al-Munawwarah City building ahead of the strike, saying it was being used by Hamas.
It is the third high-rise tower in Gaza City struck by the IDF today.
Footage shows IDF strike on Gaza City high-rise after evacuation order
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