Hamas slams Israel’s Gaza relocation plan
The Palestinian group says Israel’s Gaza relocation plan constitutes a “new wave of genocide and displacement” for hundreds of thousands of the enclave’s residents.
“The plans to occupy Gaza and displace its population are a major war crime that reflects the occupation’s disregard for international and humanitarian laws,” a statement on Telegram said.
The group said the planned deployment of tents and other shelters by Israel in the southern Gaza Strip was a “blatant deception” to cover up its displacement plan.
Political and military support from the US “provides the green light for the occupation to continue its crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing”, according to Hamas’s statement.
The group called on Arab and Muslim countries and the rest of the international community to confront Israel’s plan.
The Israeli military said on Saturday that it would start allowing international aid organisations to bring tents and equipment to erect shelters into southern Gaza before it clears civilians from “combat zones” in the north.
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli offensive shelter in a tent camp in Gaza City
Israeli forced evacuation orders enter ‘new and dangerous phase’
This operation, aimed at driving out Palestinians and emptying Gaza City of its population, appears to have entered a new and dangerous phase. The latest focus of this military campaign is the Zeitoun neighbourhood, a densely populated area in the northeastern part of Gaza City with close to 50,000 people residing there.
Residents of the Zeitoun neighbourhood report being caught in the line of Israeli fire. A combination of air strikes, heavy artillery and explosive devices planted in between and among homes, small alleyways and main roads inside the neighbourhood, just exposing everyone to a greater level of danger so far.
It’s not just that, it’s the combination of attacks and the evacuation orders.
The tactic that is synonymous now with the mass displacement of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip from the opening weeks of this genocide. The Israeli military relied heavily on mass forced evacuation orders, herding and moving people away from their homes and neighbourhoods.
Israel destruction of Gaza shown in aerial images from Jordanian military aircraft
Israeli attacks kill 21 aid seekers in southern Gaza
At least 21 people have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to receive aid in southern Gaza since this morning, the Nasser Medical Complex tells our colleagues on the ground.
Since the establishment of the GHF aid sites at the end of May, at least 1,924 have been killed and more than 14,288 injured, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Death toll in Gaza rising rapidly
We have just received updated numbers from our team on the ground, who says the Israeli army has killed at least 57 people in its attacks on Gaza today.
Among the 57 killed, at least 38 were gunned down while trying to obtain aid.
