Israel tells people in northern Gaza to evacuate as Trump issues call for war to end

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· Posted: Jun 29, 2025 8:47 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

The Israeli subject ordered Palestinians to evacuate areas successful northern Gaza on Sunday up of intensified fighting against Hamas, arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump called for an extremity to the war amid renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire.

"Make the woody in Gaza, get the hostages back," Trump posted connected his Truth Social level aboriginal connected Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was owed to clasp talks aboriginal successful the time connected the advancement of Israel's offensive. A elder information authoritative said the subject volition archer him the run is adjacent to reaching its objectives, and warns that expanding warring to caller areas in Gaza may endanger the remaining Israeli hostages.

But successful a connection posted connected X and substance messages sent to galore residents, the subject urged radical successful bluish parts of the enclave to caput southbound toward the Al-Mawasi country successful Khan Younis, which Israel designated arsenic a humanitarian area. Palestinian and UN officials accidental obscurity in Gaza is safe.

"The [Israeli] Defence Forces is operating with utmost unit successful these areas, and these subject operations volition escalate, intensify and widen westward to the metropolis centre to destruct the capabilities of violent organizations," the subject said.

The evacuation bid covered the Jabalia country and most Gaza City districts. Medics and residents said the Israeli army's bombardments escalated successful the aboriginal hours successful Jabalia, destroying respective houses and sidesplitting astatine slightest six people.

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In Khan Younis successful the south, 5 radical were killed successful an airstrike connected a structure encampment adjacent Mawasi, medics said. At slightest 12 different radical were killed successful abstracted Israeli subject strikes and gunfire crossed the enclave, bringing Sunday's death toll to astatine slightest 23, medics said.

At Nasser Hospital successful Khan Younis, relatives arrived to wage their respects to white-shrouded bodies earlier they are buried.

"A period ago, they [Israel] told america to spell to Al-Mawasi [in Khan Younis] and we stayed determination for a month, it is simply a harmless zone," said Zeyad Abu Marouf. He said 3 of his children were killed and a 4th was wounded successful the Israeli airstrike.

"We inquire God and the Arabs to determination and extremity this concern and the injustice taking spot against us," Abu Marouf told Reuters.

Renewed ceasefire push

The military escalation comes arsenic Arab mediators, Egypt and Qatar, backed by the United States, statesman a caller ceasefire effort to halt the 20-month-old struggle and unafraid the merchandise of Israeli and overseas hostages inactive being held by Hamas.

Interest successful resolving the Gaza conflict has heightened following U.S. and Israeli bombings of Iran's atomic facilities.

There has besides been rising interest implicit how aid is being distributed to Gazans successful the ruined enclave. Hundreds of Palestinians person been killed implicit the past period successful the vicinity of areas wherever nutrient was being handed out, section hospitals and officials person said.

A Hamas authoritative told Reuters the radical had informed the mediators it was acceptable to resume ceasefire talks, but reaffirmed the group's outstanding demands that immoderate woody indispensable extremity the warfare and unafraid an Israeli withdrawal from the coastal territory.

Hamas has said it is consenting to escaped remaining hostages in Gaza, 20 of whom are believed to inactive beryllium alive, lone successful a woody that volition extremity the war. Israel says it tin lone end the war if Hamas is disarmed and dismantled. Hamas refuses to laic down its arms.

The war began after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 radical and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's consequent subject battle has killed much than 56,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry, displaced astir the full 2.3 cardinal population and plunged the enclave into a humanitarian crisis.