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150,000 Palestinians fled Khan Younis in one day, UN says
Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for the UN chief, has detailed the scale of the displacement from Khan Younis following Israel’s evacuation orders.
“Yesterday, about 150,000 people fled areas in Khan Younis, as assessed by humanitarian colleagues monitoring population movements in the area,” Dujarric told reporters in New York on Tuesday.
“OCHA has expressed our concern about the short interval between the dropping of the leaflets telling people to leave and the escalation of military operations, which posed significant risks to those fleeing. That delay was about an hour. Many have been observed on the move without any belongings. The immediate escalation of hostilities in the area also resulted in many people being trapped in the evacuation area. These included people with reduced mobility and family members supporting them,” he said.
Dujarric said Palestinians told to evacuate eastern Khan Younis into al-Mawasi are moving to an area with very little services.
“Each evacuation order profoundly disrupts people’s lives. People have been forced to move into areas with little or no infrastructure – where there is very limited access to shelter, health, sanitation or other life-saving humanitarian assistance,” he said.
“Also, the area designated for evacuation yesterday included two primary health centres and two medical points, as well as a dozen food distribution points and eight cooked meal provision points. These have all ceased operations, with only one community kitchen still operational for those who have remained behind.”
Israeli forces launch attacks across Gaza
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli forces are shelling the central Nuseirat refugee camp, and have launched air attacks on the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood in northern Gaza City, as well as on the central Bureij refugee camp and southern Rafah City.
And as we’ve been reporting, fierce clashes are ongoing between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters in Khan Younis, while at least five Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on Jabalia in northern Gaza.
Heavy Israeli air, artillery attacks reported in Khan Younis
The Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV is also reporting fierce clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in Khan Younis in conjunction with heavy aerial and artillery bombardment on the area.
Khan Younis witnesses one of the bloodiest days yet, rights monitor says
Israel’s assault on Khan Younis that killed at least 89 Palestinians, most of whom are women and children, is one of its bloodiest attacks yet as “Israel’s crime of genocide continues to unfold”, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has said in a statement.
The monitor noted that every time there is talk that a truce will be reached, “the Israeli army purposefully increases the number of massacres and mass killings of Palestinian civilians”.
“This raises concerns that Israel is engaging in political blackmail by using the killing and displacement of civilians as a tool of pressure, as it has done repeatedly in recent weeks,” it said.
It noted that during the latest attack on Khan Younis, entire families were taken off the civil registry, including the Jabour and Harb families.
The monitor urged all nations to enact strong sanctions against Israel and end all political, financial and military support.
