In fresh orders for forced expulsion, Israeli army has ordered more than 170,000 Palestinians to evacuate areas in south Gaza.
Israel said warning flyers and text messages had been sent out in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah and another area north of the city of Khan Younis, where tens of thousands of people have sought shelter from fighting in other parts of Gaza.
“The advance warning to civilians is being issued in order to mitigate harm to the civilian population and to enable civilians to move away from the combat zone,” the Israeli military said in a statement.
The order was accompanied by a new series of bombing, while ceasefire talks are underway.
After experiencing multiple evacuations, people have now realised that the Israeli military is not reliable as they start bombing soon after issuing evacuation orders and many a times on the route civilians are travelling.
Families were seen streaming out of Khan Younis on donkey carts, rickshaws and other vehicles laden with salvaged belongings.
Commenting on the new evacuation order, UNRWA, the main UN agency in Gaza, said people “remain trapped in an endless nightmare of death and destruction on a staggering scale”- Agencies
