IDF spokesperson in Arabic, Lieutenant Colonel Avichay Adraee, issued an evacuation order for all residents in several blocks in the southwestern area of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, including those in tents in the area. According to the announcement: "The IDF continues to operate with great force to destroy enemy and terrorist infrastructure in the area and is expanding its activity to an area where it has not yet operated before." Residents were instructed to evacuate southward toward al-Mawasi.