IDF tanks enter Deir al-Balah as Israel launches deeper incursion into Gazan city

The area is packed with Palestinians who left their homes during 21 months of war in Gaza, hundreds of whom fled west or south after Israel issued an evacuation order on Sunday.

Palestinians walk along Salaheddin road in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, July 21, 2025

Palestinians walk along Salaheddin road in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, July 21, 2025

(photo credit: EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

JULY 21, 2025 17:08

Updated: JULY 21, 2025 17:18

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