Israel’s military announced the immediate evacuation of Gaza City on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Gaza City, the home of approximately 1 million Palestinian civilians, has been warned of a full-scale operation targeted at what is thought to be Hamas’s headquarters. Simultaneously, the humanitarian crisis deepens as a flotilla carrying aid and led by Greta Thunberg is attacked by Israeli drones near Tunisia. The announcement of an immediate evacuation from Gaza City and northern Gaza will undoubtedly result in further destruction, displacement, and death, according to United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk. The evacuation order was too late: it was delivered hours after military airstrikes had already targeted high-rise towers in Gaza City.