The Israeli Defense Forces on 11 July ordered residents of Tel al-Hawa, a western district of Gaza City identified as blocks 783 and 784, to evacuate immediately ahead of planned air and artillery strikes. The military said it would attack the area "with very great force," asserting that Hamas is operating from civilian locations and urging people to move south for their safety. The threatened zone houses several sensitive civilian sites, including local universities, a United Nations facility and the Palestinian Red Crescent’s Al-Hilal hospital. The directive extends a pattern of mass displacement across the Gaza Strip as Israeli bombardment intensifies, deepening the humanitarian strain on a population already uprooted by months of conflict.