Leaflets fall in Gaza City urging evacuation south to al-Mawasi on Tuesday. Residents of the city have been expecting an onslaught from the Israeli military for weeks.

Palestinians living in the ruins of Gaza City were bombarded with Israeli leaflets on Tuesday ordering them out, after Israel said it was about to obliterate the area in an assault to wipe out Hamas.

Residents of the city, home to a million Palestinians before the war, have been expecting an onslaught for weeks, since the Israeli government devised a plan to deal Hamas a fatal blow in what it says are the militant group’s last strongholds.

“I say to the residents of Gaza, take this opportunity and listen to me carefully: you have been warned – get out of there!” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

The Israeli

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