Israeli forces destroying houses in northern Gaza
Israeli forces continue their attacks across Gaza this morning. Palestinian sources have told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army is carrying out operations to demolish a number of civilian houses in the Shujayea neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.
Israel drops leaflets demanding residents leave areas in Deir el-Balah
Israeli forces issued their latest forced displacement orders in seven blocks, including those within tents in Deir el-Balah. In footage verified by Al Jazeera, the army dropped leaflets over residential areas in Deir el-Balah, demanding that Palestinians leave due to an imminent attack.
While the army routinely orders Palestinians to forcibly relocate, the areas it claims are “safe zones” are also under attack, rendering no area in the enclave safe from Israeli fire.
Palestinians left with zero options after new evacuation threat
We are a couple of blocks away from where the evacuation order has been issued for. These are areas in the heart of Deir el-Balah and are densely populated.
Palestinians say they have nowhere else to go, and there is no space because most western areas or al-Mawasi are full of people and tents with no extra space. They are left with zero options.
Palestinians here are refusing to leave and say they are going to stay in their houses because even the areas designated as safe by the Israeli army have been targeted. Al-Mawasi is a large agricultural land with no water, food, health facilities, or sanitation.
Israeli army destroys three homes near Deir el-Balah
At least three homes were destroyed by Israeli air strikes south of Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Earlier, the Israeli army announced its latest forced displacement threats in Deir el-Balah, calling on residents from seven blocs in the area in advance of a military operation.
Israeli evacuation orders leave Palestinians risking death in designated ‘safe zones’
We are face to face with another Israeli misleading and largely contradictory enforced evacuation order. People are told, in order to avoid being bombed, to move to the al-Mawasi area that has been designated as a safe zone.
But since day one of the designation of this area, Palestinians have been killed, and maimed, and bombed there. This is not a safe zone, in fact, there is no safe zone in a warzone.
This is very misleading.
The Israeli army ordered the forced evacuation of the central part of Gaza (in Deir el-Balah) that has somehow remained intact. Many residential buildings, facilities, UNRWA schools, hospitals where people can take shelter properly, are still intact but are now at risk of being destroyed.
Since the evacuation order, the Israeli military bombed the area close to eight times, spreading fear among the residents who are still hesitant to leave the area.
They know that walking into al-Mawasi is like walking into a death trap where they are going to be killed within days, weeks, hours. It highlights the vulnerability of displaced people who have been displaced multiple times since the start of the war to the point that they have no other options other than staying in their homes in the central areas.
