Israeli army drops evacuation leaflets over Gaza City as residents flee

Children ran to collect evacuation order leaflets dropped by Israel’s military on 17 September, asking people to move towards the south of the Gaza Strip. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub The Israeli military said it was opening an additional route for 48 hours that Palestinians could use to leave Gaza City as it stepped up efforts to empty the city of civilians. Hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering in the city and many are reluctant to follow Israel's orders to move south because of dangers along the way, dire conditions, a lack of food in the southern area and fear of permanent displacement IDF try to force civilians out of Gaza City as ground offensive continues ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/17/idf-try-to-force-civilians-out-of-gaza-city-as-ground-offensive-continues The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3uhA7zg Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ►https://www.facebook.com/theguardian Instagram ► https://instagram.com/guardian Bluesky ► https://bsky.app/profile/theguardian.com The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #gaza #gazacity #idf #israel #gazagenocide #palestine #middleeast