Rishi Sunak has ordered Royal Navy and Royal Air Force assets into the war zone
Israel’s military has directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people, within 24 hours, a UN spokesman said. The order, delivered to the UN, comes as Israel presses an offensive against Hamas militants.
“It’s completely unprecedented,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak publicly. Panicked rumours of an evacuation had begun to spread in north Gaza, home to almost half the population of the territory early on Friday morning. The number of people forced from their homes by Israel’s airstrikes soared 25% in a day, reaching 423,000 out of a population of 2.3 million, the UN said on Thursday. Most crowded into UN-run schools. Earlier, the Israeli military pulverized the Gaza Strip with airstrikes and said on Thursday its complete siege of the territory would remain in place until Hamas militants free some 150 hostages taken during a grisly weekend incursion.
A No 10 spokeswoman said that during the phone call Mr Sunak “reiterated that the UK stands side by side with Israel in fighting terror” and that Hamas should “never again be able to perpetrate atrocities against the Israeli people”. She added: “Noting that Hamas has enmeshed itself in the civilian population in Gaza, the Prime Minister said it was important to take all possible measures to protect ordinary Palestinians and facilitate humanitarian aid.
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