00:01Israel's military said on Wednesday that the evacuation of Gaza City is inevitable as the country prepares for a military offensive to occupy the city.
00:10The IDF's Arabic language spokesperson Avichai Adraei advised residents of the city in the north of the enclave to listen to instructions and vacate the area.
00:19Adraei added that Israeli forces had surveyed vast empty areas south of Gaza City to assist the evacuating residents as much as possible.
00:27He also noted that the displaced would receive tents to reside in and pledge to set up infrastructure for the distribution of aid and water,
00:36adding that those who voluntarily depart the city and not obstruct Israel's imminent offensive would receive, quote,
00:42the most generous quantities of humanitarian aid.
00:45Aid groups have warned, however, that an expanded military offensive could worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
00:53International groups accuse Israel of manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in the Strip,
00:58slamming them for their conduct of war which has spanned 22 months.
01:03Most neighborhoods in the territory lie in ruins, its over 2 million residents displaced, multiple times, and hungry.
01:11Famine was declared in Gaza on Saturday, after months-long calls to action by the UN,
01:16as Israel continues to insist on controlling the flow of aid and basic necessities into the enclave.
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