Israel ordered all Palestinian civilians to evacuate from Gaza City, showing that Hamas has regrouped in the early target of the war in Gaza.

Gaza City serves as the heart of Gaza, with 750,000 Palestinians residing there at the beginning of the war. This number is now around 250,000, according to the BBC. A previous evacuation occurred early in the war, as the city was the opening target of the Israel Defense Forces’s first offensive into Gaza in October. After largely clearing the city of Hamas fighters, the IDF withdrew. Using its extensive tunnel network, Hamas regrouped and reoccupied the area, despite much of it being destroyed.