Israeli army drops leaflets, orders Palestinians to leave Gaza City
They say that safe corridors have been opened to allow civilians to evacuate to shelters in Deir el-Balah and az-Zawayda.
We would like to inform you that the streets of “Tariq bin Ziyad” and “Omar al-Mokhtar” are safe corridors for crossing west to Al-Rashid (al-Bahr) Street and from there to the south.
“Al-Wahda” and “Khalil Al-Wazir” streets are safe corridors and passages to cross east to the “Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood” and “the city roundabout”, and from there to the south through “Salah Al-Din” street.
“Gaza City will remain a dangerous combat zone,” read the notices.
But campaigners question the use of the word “evacuation” as Israel has forced Palestinians to flee multiple times since the war began in October. Israeli forces have repeatedly attacked so-called “safe zones” where Palestinians were asked to relocate.
Three-month-old girl sole survivor in Israeli killing of family in western Gaza City
A three-month-old girl, Asmaa Ajour, lies in Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza after Israeli forces killed all her immediate family members in Gaza City.
Her grandmother Um Ramzi Qwaider recounted to Al Jazeera that Asmaa’s family moved from the Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City a few days ago due to Israeli shelling and evacuation orders. The family moved to the Sina’a neighbourhood in western Gaza City, but the Israeli military operation expanded suddenly overnight and the area was attacked.
“They were subjected to Israeli shelling, and [Asmaa’s] mother, father, sisters, cousins and uncles were killed,” Qwaider said. She added that Asmaa remained in her dead mother’s lap for 12 hours until her grandfather managed to save her as Israeli forces fired bullets for hours. “I don’t know how this orphaned child will live at this age without a father and mother. I don’t know how her life will be. I don’t know how she will be alone in this world,” Qwaider said.
Over the past three days, people have appealed on social media for authorities in Gaza to intervene and recover nine bodies of the Ajour family that are still lying at the scene.
Israel trying to ‘ethnically cleanse’ Gaza City, Barghouti says
The secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Mustafa Barghouti, says the Israeli army is trying to “ethnically cleanse” the whole population of Gaza City. “[It’s] trying to force hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to evict their city and their homes,” he said on X.
“Netanyahu[‘s] fascist government never departed from its original goal of ethnic cleansing of the whole population of Gaza Strip.”
Earlier today the Israeli army dropped leaflets, ordering Palestinians to leave Gaza City and head south. Last week, a UN official confirmed that about 90 percent of Gaza’s population has been displaced since the start of the war in October.
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The Israeli army declared few minutes ago its intention to ethnically cleanse the whole population of Gaza city trying to force hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to evict their city and their homes.
Netanyahu fascist government never departed from its…
— Mustafa Barghouti @Mustafa_Barghouti (@MustafaBarghou1) July 10, 2024
Displacement of Palestinians from Gaza City a ‘red line’
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says in a news conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry that Israel’s order for residents of Gaza City to evacuate is a “red line for Jordan and Egypt”.
He added that both countries will strongly oppose the displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
On yesterday’s Israeli attack on a school in Khan Younis that killed at least 27 people, Safadi said “The harm to the displaced in Khan Younis yesterday is another war crime committed by Israel,” accusing Israel of wanting “to eliminate UNRWA in order to eliminate the Palestinian issue in general and the refugee issue in particular”.
At least 38,295 killed in Israel’s war on Gaza: Health Ministry
Releasing the latest casualty report, the ministry said at least 88,241 people have been injured since the war began on October 7, 2023. It said 52 Palestinians were killed and 208 injured in the past 24 hours.
