Israel on Monday began instructing about 100,000 Palestinians sheltering in Rafah to begin evacuating to "expanded" humanitarian zones elsewhere in southern Gaza ahead of an anticipated assault on the city by its forces.

The Israeli army has told Palestinians to begin evacuating a part of Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt.

Gazans packed their belongings on pick-up trucks, cars and donkey-drawn carts after Israel’s military issued a call for residents there to “evacuate immediately.”