Israeli army issues new forced displacement orders for Gaza
The Israeli army has issued forced displacement orders to multiple areas of Gaza, including the municipalities of Nuseirat, Zahraa, and Mughraqa, and the neighbourhoods of the northern coast, al-Nuzha, al-Bawadi, al-Basma, al-Zahraa, al-Basatin, Badr, Abu Hureira, al-Rawda, and al-Safa.
“For your sake, evacuate immediately south to the al-Mawasi area and do not return to areas affected by the fighting,” the army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said in a post on X.
The Israeli army “is operating with extreme force to destroy the organisational capabilities in these areas, as all areas are being used for launching rockets”, Adraee added.
Israel using Gaza as ‘political ploy’ amid rising civilian death toll
Al Jazeera political analyst Marwan Bishara has said Israeli leaders are prolonging the war in Gaza despite having multiple opportunities to end it.
“They could have ended the war weeks, even months ago – they didn’t,” Bishara said. “There was no ceasefire because they wanted to continue the war, not because there were compelling reasons not to.”
His remarks come as harrowing new details emerge from Gaza. Bishara described the Israeli campaign as “especially evil” in recent weeks, with the army targeting “starving refugees, displaced mourning families”, and children trying to bring food to their relatives.
Meanwhile, following a Haaretz newspaper report cited unnamed soldiers saying they were told to shoot into crowds, Bishara added that “we’ve seen the war on children, on hospitals, on doctors, on journalists”.
“Now, it’s clear they’ve actually taken orders to do this,” he said.
