On 13 October, an airstrike occurred after an evacuation directive from Israel, urging more than a million residents from northern Gaza to move to the southern part of the territory.
However, the United Nations considered this evacuation order both impractical and impracticable to execute safely due to the significant number of people it affected.
[9] On 13 October, Israel ordered the entire population of northern Gaza to move south, forcing more than one million people to flee their homes.
[17] On 11 November, the United Nations noted several explosions had hit the evacuation corridor on Salah al-Din Road, resulting in fatalities and injuries.
[23] On 13 January 2024, a Palestinian grandmother was shot by an Israeli sniper while holding her grandson's hand, waving a white flag, and walking on the evacuation route which had been declared safe.
[29] On 22 February 2024, a family attempting to flee Gaza City were hit by Israeli tank fire, despite waving white flags.