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Israel Warns Civilians to Evacuate Gaza City
(AP) Isabel Debre - Israel on Friday warned civilians in Gaza City to flee south ahead of a ground offensive aiming to eradicate Hamas after its grisly assault into Israel, UN officials said. Israel said Hamas militants were hiding in tunnels under the city. "This evacuation is for your own safety," the Israeli military said, in a warning sent to Gaza City civilians. Inas Hamdan, an officer at the UN Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza City, said all UN staff in Gaza City and northern Gaza had been told to evacuate south to Rafah. Hamas' unprecedented assault last Saturday and smaller attacks since have killed more than 1,300 people in Israel, including 247 soldiers.