Israel army says over 250,000 residents have left Gaza City

The Israeli military announced on Saturday that over 250,000 individuals have evacuated Gaza City in recent weeks. This mass departure is attributed to the intensified Israeli military assault on Gaza's largest urban center. Colonel Avichay Adraee...

By AFP | Sep 13, 2025, 02.39 PM IST

Palestinians run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a prior warning.

The Israeli military said Saturday that more than 250,000 people have left Gaza City for other parts of the territory over the past few weeks, since it intensified its assault on Gaza's largest urban centre.

"According to IDF (military) estimates, more than a quarter of a million residents of Gaza City have moved out of the city for their own safety," the military's Arabic-language spokesman Colonel Avichay Adraee said on X.

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