GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The UN has said that Israel has issued a new “forced displacement” order in neighborhoods home to 80,000 people in Khan Yunis City, south of Gaza.
“About 85 percent of Gaza’s land is currently under evacuation orders or lies within military zones, which gravely obstructs people’s access to essential humanitarian aid and hampers relief workers’ ability to reach those in need.” Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, told a news conference on Wednesday.
Dujarric reported that roughly 714,000 Palestinians had been forcibly displaced one time or more in Gaza since the collapse of the ceasefire in March.
He pointed out that despite hundreds of thousands of newly displaced persons, no shelter assistance has been allowed into Gaza for four months.
He explained that UN partner surveys indicate 97 percent of the displaced are sleeping outdoors.
These evacuation warnings to Palestinians in various parts of Gaza coincide with renewed calls by Israeli officials for mass displacement—most recently by Energy Minister Eli Cohen, who urged vigorous implementation of a plan to relocate Gaza’s population.
