The Israeli military extended the evacuation deadline for Gaza City’s main hospital by an extra four hours on Saturday as a ground offensive targeting Hamas terrorists loomed – but medical officials there refused to budge.
Palestine Red Crescent Society “cannot evacuate hospital,” the group said in a dissenting statement announcing its intention to ignore the new 9 a.m. ET deadline.
“Al Quds Hospital is offering life-saving services to a large number of Palestinian patients and wounded … in addition to the hundreds of civilians sheltering” there, the PRCS added.
The Red Crescent is a humanitarian aid organization that operates as part of the Red Cross.
On Friday, Israel ordered the mass evacuation of up to 1.1 million Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip within 24 hours, an order the United Nations deemed “impossible.”
The Israel Defense Forces initially told hospital staff to evacuate its staff and patients by a deadline of 11 p.m. ET Friday, but extended the deadline twice as thousands of civilians thronged the area’s roads trying to escape the impending massacre. .
Thousands of Palestinians flee to the south of the Gaza Strip ahead of the expected Israeli invasion. MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Israel has long accused Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, of using the territory’s civilians as human shields.
The terror group denies the allegations – but has told its people not to leave.
The Israeli military has hit Gaza with more than 6,000 airstrikes in retaliation for the October 7 terror attack that killed more than 1,300 Israelis and took at least 120 civilian hostages – and has cut off electricity, water and food supplies.
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The attack has claimed the lives of more than 2,200 Palestinians, Hamas said.
The IDF issued new orders early Saturday telling those in densely populated northern Gaza to head south along designated roads to “ensure their safety.”
Families crammed into trucks and cars laden with mattresses, clothes and possessions.ZUMAPRESS.com Roads were blocked after the Israel Defense Forces issued an evacuation alert for more than 1 million residents in northern Gaza.AP
“If you care about yourself and your loved ones, go south as directed,” the warning read.
“They have been informed in Arabic, in various languages on every available platform, both electronic and non-electronic,” IDF spokesman Maj. (Res.) Doron Spielman told CNN. “Everyone in Gaza City knows that they have to pass through Wadi Gaza.”
IDF Chief Lt. General Herzi Halevi vowed on Thursday to “dismantle” Hamas, saying, “Gaza will never look the same.”
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