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In response to a request for comment on internal displacement in Gaza, the IDF directed ABC News to a map issued on July 27 advising Gaza to leave areas including the northern Gaza Strip and the east of Gaza City for their own safety. ABC News' Dorit Long contributed to this report.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says it rejects "any step that would undermine what remains of the health system".
Israel said its military had entered the first stages of a planned assault on the city, a campaign it begins while clashing publicly with major Western powers.