(JNS) The Israeli military issued an urgent call early Wednesday, August 7 for noncombatants to evacuate the Beit Hanoun area in northern Gaza following rocket fire the previous day on Sderot and Ashkelon.

The call also went out to those in the Manshiyya and Sheikh Zayed neighborhoods.

“Hamas and terrorist organizations are firing rockets from your area toward the State of Israel. The IDF will act forcefully and immediately against them,” tweeted Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, head of the Arab Media Branch in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.

“For your own safety, evacuate immediately to the known shelters in the center of Gaza City,” he continued.