The Israeli army has dropped leaflets warning residents of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip to move further south to the Rafah area on the border with Egypt for security reasons. This was reported by Palestinians in Gaza, who also posted images of the leaflet on social media, which said Khan Younis was a “dangerous combat zone”. Meanwhile, Israel has released a map that divides the Gaza Strip into hundreds of small areas, a map it hopes to use to show Palestinian civilians which areas are dangerous. Palestinians must follow army orders to move from one area to another. According to the Israeli press, Israel could use this map to urge Palestinians to evacuate certain areas instead of calling for a mass exodus when the army begins its ground operation in the south of the Gaza Strip.
