The Palestinian Authority claims that more than 1.2 million Palestinians are holding onto Gaza City and refusing to move south.

On the 9th local time, the Gaza Strip media office issued a statement stating that despite the possibility of facing a plan that could permanently force displacement, more than 1.2 million Palestinians are still holding out in the city of Gaza and its northern areas, refusing to be forcibly relocated to the south. On the 9th local time, the Israeli Defense Forces issued a statement calling for all residents of Gaza City to evacuate, as the military is preparing for a large-scale ground offensive against Hamas militants in the region. Palestinian civilians are instructed to travel to the "humanitarian zone" designated by Israel in the southern Gaza Strip via the coastal road.