Israel accuses Hamas of blocking civilian evacuation

MADRID, 15 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Israeli Army this Sunday accused the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) of blocking the evacuation of civilians in northern Gaza and warned that there will soon be "significant military activities" in the area.

"The IDF continues to operate in the Gaza Strip and attack various Hamas military targets. We have called on the civilian population in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate south of the Gaza River. This is not news, but what "If it is news, it is that Hamas has issued warnings to its civilians not to evacuate," said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus in the daily report published by the Israel Defense Forces on the social network X, formerly Twitter.

Conricus has assured that "when people have not listened to these warnings from Hamas, (the organization) has detained civilians and convoys of Gazan civilians who were trying to flee the situation listening to the warnings" from the IDF.

In the same video, the soldier has reiterated the "call to the population of northern Gaza, Gaza City and the entire northern area" to leave the area and has warned that Israel has ground troops deployed throughout of the border with Gaza and, as they already advanced, it is "preparing for the next phase of operations."

"Listen to our warnings. We are saying that there are going to be significant military activities here and we want, we urge civilians to evacuate for their own safety," Conricus said.