In the first weeks of its war on Gaza, Israel used its most destructive bombs - 2,000-pound weapons - in areas it called "safe" for civilians and along evacuation routes it claimed were "safe" for innocent Gazans, media reports said.
Israel's military informed the United Nations early on Friday that the 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza should relocate to the enclave's south within the next 24 hours, a UN spokesman said.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) issued a directive on Friday, 13 October, ordering the evacuation of the northern part of the Gaza Strip, which an estimated 1.1 million individuals inhabit within 24 hours. Although the Israeli military has not formally declared the intention for a ground offensive, the order, which a United Nations (UN) spokesperson