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Israeli military orders evacuation of Rafah as its Gaza offensive intensifies

The Israeli military Monday issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of Rafah, indicating it could soon launch another major ground operation in the southernmost city inthe Gaza Strip.The evacuation orders appeared to cover nearly all of the city and nearby areas. The military ordered Palestinians to head to Muwasi, a sprawl of squalid tent camps along the coast. The orders came duringEid al-Fitr, a normally festive Muslim holidaymarking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.The order came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated a demand on Sunday for Hamas to disarm and for its leaders to leave Gaza as he promised tostep up pressureon the groupwhile continuingeffortstoreturnhostages.He saidIsrael would work to implement U.S. President Donald Trump’s“voluntary emigration plan” for Gaza and said his cabinethad agreed to keep pressuringHamas, which says it has agreed to a ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar.SeniorHamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said…