An IDF warning poster showing Gazans the evacuation zones in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City (IDF)
A leaflet showing the Rimal evacuation zone on Sunday, Sep 14th (IDF)

IDF Orders Gaza Evacuations as Hamas’s Last Stronghold Crumbles

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The Judean Staff
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IDF Warns Gaza: Evacuate Before the Storm.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have once again demonstrated their precision, restraint, and determination in the heart of Gaza City. Before unleashing airstrikes on yet another Hamas-infested high-rise in the Rimal neighborhood, the IDF issued clear and public warnings: civilians must evacuate immediately.

Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, announced bluntly that the targeted building harbored Hamas terror infrastructure. His message was not cloaked in ambiguity, the strike was imminent, and civilians had a choice: move to safety in the humanitarian zone designated by Israel in Gaza’s south, or risk being trapped inside Hamas’s fortress.

A City on the Move

In recent days, the IDF has repeatedly called on residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone near Khan Younis. This is not an option; it is a lifeline. Of the one million Palestinians originally packed into Gaza City, over 280,000 have already evacuated according to IDF estimates. Every bus, donkey cart, and footpath heading south bears testament to Israel’s warnings.

But Hamas, as always, has worked tirelessly to sabotage these evacuations. They have tried to corral civilians into staying put, positioning themselves among tents and schools, betting that human shields will buy them immunity. It is a grotesque gamble with Palestinian lives, and one that Israel refuses to allow to dictate military operations.

Burj Al-Nour: A Case Study in Precision

Over the weekend, another towering example of Hamas arrogance fell. The Burj Al-Nour residential tower in Gaza City’s Tel Hawa neighborhood was flattened by Israeli fighter jets. But not before the IDF issued urgent evacuation orders, giving hundreds of residents time to flee.

Witnesses confirmed that civilians poured out of the building after the warnings. Within minutes, the airstrike reduced the tower, once a Hamas command hub disguised as an apartment block, to rubble. Reports claim nearby tents were damaged in the blast, but importantly, there was no sign of casualties inside them. Hamas had apparently believed that planting tents nearby would deter the strike. They were wrong.

Defense Minister Israel Katz was unrepentant, posting defiantly on X: “The hurricane storm continues to strike Gaza.”

It was both a warning and a promise.

The Prosecutor’s Den of Terror

The IDF’s campaign has not stopped with residential towers. Israeli jets also struck Gaza City’s public prosecution building in the Rimal neighborhood, a site Hamas had turned into a kangaroo court of brutality.

This was no ordinary office building. Videos have emerged of Hamas operatives dragging Palestinians inside, beating them, and in some cases shooting them in the knees for the “crime” of receiving humanitarian aid outside of Hamas’s control. Merchants who dared to accept goods from Gulf-based charities or private relief groups were punished. Hamas demanded that aid flow only through UNRWA and their own channels, ensuring total domination of the desperate population.

And where was this torture chamber located? Surrounded by UNRWA schools filled with displaced civilians. Once again, Hamas had embedded their terror operations inside a sea of innocents, banking on Israel’s morality to shield their cruelty.

Gideon’s Chariots 2: The Final Push

All of this unfolds under the banner of “Gideon’s Chariots 2”, Israel’s ground operation launched September 3 to fully occupy Gaza City, Hamas’s last bastion.

Inside Israel, there is debate. Critics warn the campaign risks the lives of soldiers and the hostages still trapped in Gaza. But the reality is stark: as long as Gaza City remains under Hamas control, there will be no peace, no ceasefire, no safety for Israelis, and no real future for Palestinians either.

Israel’s strategy is clear. Break Hamas’s hold over Gaza’s urban core. Dismantle their command centers. Destroy the terror economy. And by doing so, bring the war to an end on Israel’s terms, not Hamas’s.

The Larger Picture

These strikes, surgical, preceded by evacuation warnings, aimed squarely at terror infrastructure, highlight the moral chasm between Israel and Hamas. Israel painstakingly issues warnings, provides humanitarian corridors, and designates safe zones. Hamas exploits civilians as pawns, shoots their own people for accepting food, and deliberately embeds itself in schools, hospitals, and high-rises.

The evacuation warnings are not just military notices. They are the moral dividing line in this war. One side is fighting to protect life while dismantling terror. The other is fighting to preserve terror while destroying life.

Closing Note

As Israel pushes forward into Gaza City, the collapse of Hamas’s urban empire is no longer a matter of if, but when. The evacuation orders are not empty rhetoric, they are the sounding of the final siren before Hamas’s last towers fall.

The world must decide whether to hear that siren as an alarm or as an opportunity: an alarm of terror’s last gasp, or the opportunity for Gaza, and Israel, to finally step into a future free from Hamas’s iron grip.

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