<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Hamas on Friday rejected an Israeli order for 1.1 million residents to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of an expected ground incursion into the overcrowded Palestinian territory.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Our Palestinian people reject the threat of the occupation (Israeli) leaders and its call for them to leave their homes and flee from them to the south or Egypt," the Islamist militant group said in a statement.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We are steadfast on our land and in our homes and our cities. There will be no displacement," it said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The United Nations said an order by Israel to flee within 24 hours risked a "calamitous situation".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Israeli strikes on the coastal enclave have killed more than 1,530 people since Saturday, in retaliation for Hamas militants killing around 1,200 people in attacks in Israel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Egypt's Rafah crossing is the only route out of Gaza not controlled by Israel and has been bombed on several occasions this week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt remains committed to ensuring the delivery of aid to Gaza, but urged Palestinians to "remain on their land" in a speech Thursday. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>