Israel has issued new evacuation warnings for parts of central Gaza in one of the few areas the military has rarely operated with ground troops. The evacuation cuts access between the city of Deir al-Balah and the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the narrow enclave.

The Israeli military has issued a new forced evacuation warning for the Palestinians in central Gaza, ordering them to move south to al-Mawasi, an area Israel has regularly attacked despite declaring it a “safe zone”.

The Israeli military on Sunday issued an evacuation order for a new area of central Gaza, causing panic among Palestinians afraid that Israel was set to expand its ground invasion of the enclave.