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IDF: Gaza resident says Hamas preventing evacuations; thousands return north
Israel released audio of what it said was a Gazan man telling an IDF officer that Hamas is blocking people from fleeing the northern Gaza Strip, as strikes on the Palestinian enclave continued to intensify, with a UN official saying that nowhere in the Strip was safe.
Read more: The Times of Israel