Over the past week, communities in northern Gaza have endured increased fighting, the ICRC said in a statement on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported, adding that evacuation orders had affected thousands of families.

The statement said Israeli orders were often vague, causing confusion and fear among residents.

It says, "The grim reality in Gaza today is that nowhere is safe. The struggle for survival is robbing people of their dignity."

Israel's military said on Wednesday it dropped thousands of leaflets on Gaza City, urging all residents to leave immediately amid an escalating Israeli military assault on the city.

Earlier this week, Israeli forces demanded the immediate evacuation of thousands of Palestinians living in 19 blocks in Gaza City, according to a report published by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

UN figures in early July estimated that the number of displaced people within the Gaza Strip had risen to 1.9 million, or nine out of 10 people in the enclave.

On October 7, 2023, Israel launched a massive offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Hamas incursions through the southern Israeli border, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 200 others hostage. taken.

The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza has risen to 38,345, Gaza-based health officials said on Thursday.