Palestinians in central Gaza have been given a new forced evacuation warning by the Israeli military, instructing them to move south to al-Mawasi, an area Israel has frequently attacked despite labeling it a “safe zone.”
On Sunday, thousands of leaflets were dropped over Deir el-Balah to direct displaced families who were residing in tents in various densely populated areas of the city.
As Hamas continued to launch deadly attacks on unarmed and starving civilians in northern Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 73 of them as aid seekers, the Israeli military warned of immediate action against Hamas fighters in the area.
The military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee advised Palestinians who were living in the Deir el-Balah region to leave right away in an article on X.
According to Adraee, Israel was “expanding its activities” in the Deir el-Balah, including “in an area where it has not previously operated,” instructing Palestinians to “southward travel to the al-Mawasi area” on the Mediterranean coast for “your safety.”
The Israeli army was seen filming a video that Al Jazeera verified showing the Israeli army distributing large quantities of leaflets over Deir el-Balah residential areas to warn the Palestinians of the order.
Nowhere else to go
According to Al Jazeera’s reporter from Deir el-Balah, the area targeted by Israel is densely populated and it would be “impossible” for the affected residents to leave on short notice.
Because even the areas that the Israeli army has designated as safe, Palestinians here are refusing to leave and saying they are staying in their homes, she said.
Because most of the west’s and even al-Mawasi’s are full of people and tents with no more room for expansion, Palestinians claim that there is no space and that they have nowhere else to go. There are no other choices for them.
Israel and Hamas held indirect ceasefire talks in Qatar, but international mediators claimed there had never been any progress.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly urged Hamas to negotiate, but negotiations have been stymied for months.
The Israeli military claimed to have a controlling stake in the Gaza Strip in this month.
During the conflict, which is currently in its 22nd month, the majority of Gaza’s population, which is more than two million people, has been displaced at least once. In large parts of the coastal enclave, Israel has repeatedly ordered Palestinians to leave or face reprisals.
More than 80% of the Gaza Strip, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, were subject to Israeli evacuation orders that had been lifted in January, and many of its residents were living starving.
This weekend, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital admitted a 35-day-old baby to Gaza City and a four-month-old boy to Deir el-Balah for malnutrition.
At least 116 Palestinians were killed on Saturday, many of whom were aid workers, while others were attempting to get food from Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is supported by Israel and the United States.
Since the GHF’s operations began in late May, at least 900 Palestinians have been killed at the sites because an Israeli blockade has prevented UN and other aid organizations from entering Gaza and causing them to flee.
Pope Leo XIV has called for the “barbarity” of the war and called for the “indiscriminate use of force” as a result of the genocide.
Source: Aljazeera
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