Residents fleeing Gaza City (credit: AP)
‘Israel’ vows using “unprecedented force” in Gaza City offensive
The ‘Israeli’ army vowed to deploy “unprecedented force” in storming Gaza City, telling residents to flee southward while announcing the closure of a temporary evacuation route that had opened just 48 hours earlier.
In a post on X addressing residents of Gaza City, the military's Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, said, "From this moment, Salah al-Din Road is closed for southbound travel. The Israeli Defense Forces will continue to operate with unprecedented force against Hamas and other terrorist organizations."
#عاجل إلى سكان مدينة غزة، من هذه اللحظة طريق صلاح الدين مغلق للانتقال جنوبًا
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) September 19, 2025
سيواصل جيش الدفاع العمل بقوة شديدة وغير مسبوقة ضد حماس وباقي المنظمات الارهابية
من هذه اللحظة يتسنى الانتقال جنوبًا عبر شارع الرشيد فقط
حفاظًا على سلامتكم انتهزوا الفرصة وانضموا إلى مئات… pic.twitter.com/YHDMVe2Wya
He added the only possible route south was via Al-Rashid street and urged residents to "take this opportunity and join the hundreds of thousands of city residents who have moved south to the humanitarian area".
This comes one day after the United States cast another veto, blocking a UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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"The United States rejects this unacceptable resolution. It is beyond time that Hamas release every single hostage now and surrender immediately. The United States will continue to work with its partners to bring an end to this horrific conflict," a US envoy to the UN, Morgan Ortagus, said ahead of Washington's veto.
The proposal, which was supported by a majority of the council's members, was the latest attempt by the body to act in response to the 23-month-long aggression.
The resolution, which was drafted by the council's 10 non-permanent members, came in response to the UN’s official declaration of famine in Gaza in late August.
It called for the immediate removal of all obstacles to aid entry and an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire.
