The Israeli army on Saturday ordered the residents in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes and head south.
In a statement, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee instructed northern Gaza residents to evacuate "immediately via Salah al-Din Street" to reach what he claimed to be a "safe humanitarian zone."
"The area, known as D5, is expected to face continued military action," he added.
This call for evacuation follows an escalation in Israeli airstrikes and ground operations in Gaza, particularly in densely populated areas.
Israel has continued a brutal offensive on Gaza following a cross-border incursion by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7 last year, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.
More than 42,100 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 98,100 injured, according to local health authorities.
The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the Gaza Strip amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.
The steadfastness of Palestinians in Jabalia and their refusal to comply with Israeli army evacuation orders have thwarted the implementation of the "Generals' Plan" to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip, the Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday.
The army announced Sunday the start of a military offensive in Jabalia, followed by a fierce assault on the eastern and western regions of northern Gaza -- the most intense since May.
It warned residents in Jabalia, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia to evacuate southward, while Gaza authorities cautioned residents against following the orders they deemed a "deception and a lie."
The Israeli newspaper highlighted that "last week, the Gaza Strip was officially designated as a secondary combat zone by the Israeli army, coinciding with the commencement of the ground operation in southern Lebanon."
"The army left the regular division in charge of the southern command to raid Jabalia for an extended period of more than a few weeks, due to the unusual insistence of the residents on not evacuating southward," it said.
It pointed out that the army previously conducted two ground assaults against Jabalia last November and December, marking the current operation the third since the start of the Gaza onslaught on Oct. 7, 2023.
Yedioth Ahronoth said residents' resilience in Jabalia and their refusal to comply with the army's requests "thwarts the practical trial of implementing what is known as the Generals' Plan" to evacuate the population from northern Gaza.
It compared the operation to a smaller, preliminary version of a proposal by retired Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, who suggested relocating nearly 300,000 remaining residents in northern Gaza, particularly from Gaza City, to the southern part of the territory via inspection at the Netzarim Corridor in the center of Gaza.
Israel has continued a brutal offensive on Gaza following a cross-border incursion by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, last October, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.
More than 42,000 victims have since been killed, mostly women and children, and nearly 97,900 injured, according to local health authorities.
The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of Gaza amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.
