Israeli army tells Palestinians to evacuate parts of Gaza’s Rafah before an expected assault – Baltimore Sun

By SAM MEDNICK, JOSEF FEDERMAN and BASSEM MROUE (Associated Press)JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army ordered about 100,000 Palestinians on Monday to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah in Gaza, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion there could be imminent and further complicating efforts to broker a cease-fire.Israel’s closest allies, including the United States,…