The Israeli army told Gaza City residents to flee to a “humanitarian zone” in the south on Saturday ahead of a planned offensive to capture the territory’s largest urban centre.

The military gave no timeline for the assault, and has previously indicated it would not be announced in advance to maintain the element of surprise.

“Take this opportunity to move early to the (Al-Mawasi) humanitarian zone and join the thousands of people who have already gone there,” military spokesman Avichay Adraee said on social media.

The army said separately that Al-Mawasi, on Gaza’s southern coast, has “field hospitals, water pipelines, and desalination facilities, alongside the continued supply of food, tents, medicines, and medical equipment”.

It said relief efforts there “will continue on an ongoing

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