Middle East Tensions Supported by As more Gazans fled their homes in the north, international demands grew louder for Israel to allow an urgent and massive injection of aid to stave off famine in the territory. By Lara Jakes Lara Jakes has written about Middle East diplomacy for more than a decade. Israel’s military issued a sweeping evacuation order for much of northern Gaza late on Thursday, warning that a new operation was coming. As more Palestinians fled their homes in the area, international demands intensified on Friday for Israel to allow an urgent influx of aid to keep all of the territory from tipping into famine. Tensions over getting food, fuel and other humanitarian supplies to desperate Palestinians in the enclave were heightened by the specter of a new Israeli military operation in the 20-month war against Hamas. Avichay Adraee, an Arabic-language spokesman for the military, issued the evacuation order late Thursday, warning that these areas could become “dangerous combat zones” at any time. Evacuated May 21 Mediterranean Sea Jabaliya Gaza City Evacuated May 29 GAZA STRIP ISRAEL Evacuated May 26 Khan Younis Rafah Previously evacuated 5 miles Evacuated May 21 Jabaliya Gaza City Sderot Evacuated May 29 ISRAEL GAZA STRIP Mediterranean Sea Netivot Evacuated May 26 Khan Younis Ofakim Rafah Previously evacuated EGYPT 5 miles Maps show that only a few neighborhoods in northern Gaza City were still unaffected by evacuation orders over the past 10 days. The latest order urged residents of parts of northern Gaza to move west toward the Mediterranean coast. Many in the north have already been displaced at least once during the war, and little humanitarian aid has been reaching the area, where hunger is widespread. Israel has been fighting to uproot Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that has long ruled Gaza and which led the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that killed about 1,200 people and ignited the war. As a cease-fire agreement between the two sides was unraveling in March, Israel blockaded all humanitarian aid from Gaza’s two million people, accusing Hamas of siphoning it off, selling it for profit and using it as a tool to control the population. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.