Crowds fleeing Khan Yunis after an Israeli evacuation order gave way to empty streets on Friday as Palestinian residents tried to escape a new Israeli military operation in Gaza’s main southern area. “They threw leaflets at us, ordering us to evacuate”, Reem Abu Hayya told AFP, referring to the flyers that Israeli forces drop from planes to order the evacuation of areas ahead of a military operation. The Khan Yunis area had already seen evacuation orders in late July, and heavy fighting that devastated the area earlier this year. “We don’t know where we’re going, and we have sick and disabled …