Israel’s new #evacuation order for Khan Younis and Rafah covers about a third of the Gaza Strip making it the largest order of its kind since residents were ordered to evacuate northern Gaza in October.
The evacuation order leaves Palestinians with an impossible choice between again relocating to somewhere with barely any space or services or staying where they know heavy fighting will take place.
#Displaced Palestinians leave an area in east Khan Younis after the Israeli army issued a new #evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Palestinian children leave an area in east Khan Younis after the Israeli army issued a new #evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 1, 2024 [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
“We came from the eastern area then we moved to the European hospital, then we went to Rafah, then we came back to Bani Suheila, then we returned to Nasser hospital and now we just went up the Somood camp,’ Al-Bairam said of his search to find safety for his family from Israeli attacks.
“It is tiring, tiring, tiring. This time we did not take anything with us. There is no time to carry anything.”
A Palestinian man holds his children as he walks next to buildings destroyed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive flee from parts of Khan Younis following an Israeli army #evacuation order [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]
People walk through contaminated water and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
Palestinians travel in a donkey-drawn cart as they flee their homes following an Israeli military operation in #Shejaiya, in Gaza City. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Israel stormed a neighbourhood in Gaza City on Thursday, ordering Palestinians to move south as the tanks rolled in and bombing the southern city of Rafah.
A displaced Palestinian woman feeds her son milk in a school classroom where she is sheltering in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on June 26 [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
“We are living in fear. We go to sleep praying to live to the next morning, not to get bombed. The Israeli occupation forces are targeting our tents, killing innocent women and children. Our life is more than dire, it is a misery,” #displaced Palestinian Nabeela Shanar
A Palestinian girl stands outside her family’s tent in a makeshift tent camp for #displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Tuesday [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
That's just in Sudan. Globally, at the end of 2023, 117.3 million people were forcibly #displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations.