The IDF released on Friday a map intended to guide Gaza Strip civilians to safer locations during the renewed airstrikes that followed the end of last week's truce, which was breached by Hamas.
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The Arabic language map, shared online and through various media outlets, divides the coastal enclave into small zones. Residents are instructed to heed military directives via media channels, guiding them to safer areas and away from locations identified as terrorist hubs, and providing relevant evacuation routes.
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Interactive map posted by the IDF to guide Gaza civilians away from danger amid renewed fighting
(Photo: IDF)
The map assigns numerical identifiers to each zone in Gaza and instructs civilians to locate the zones relevant to them. The announcement advised civilians to evacuate these areas if the military requests it.
Leaflets, some containing the map, were dropped over the southern Gaza Strip. Others urged residents of three villages near Rafah to relocate into the city, warning that "Kahn Yunis is a dangerous war zone."
Recent press photos from the area show numerous civilians moving westward toward safer locations.