Israel orders Gazans to leave ‘safe zone’ despite truce talks
The Israeli military has ordered the Palestinians to evacuate areas in southern and central Gaza, tightening the area they previously designated as a so-called “safe zone”, while talks aimed at reaching a ceasefire deal is ongoing in Qatar.
The orders were issued on Friday for the area north of the southern city of Khan Younis, and the eastern part of Deir Al-Balah, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have sought shelter from Israeli strikes in other parts of the besieged strip.
The Israeli army claimed that the areas had been used by Hamas as a launch pad for attacks against Israel.
“Once again, fear spreads as families have nowhere to go. People remain trapped in an endless nightmare of death and destruction on a staggering scale,” the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said in a post on X on Friday.
#Gaza: New evacuation orders have been issued by Israeli authorities, even inside the so-called “humanitarian zone”.
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) August 16, 2024
Once again, fear spreads as families have nowhere to go. People remain trapped in an endless nightmare of death and destruction on a staggering scale. pic.twitter.com/Myi6z6Ix87
The latest evacuation warnings came while delegations from Israel, the US, Egypt and Qatar were due to meet for a second day of ceasefire talks in Doha.
Bombs, however, have continued to fall in Gaza.
“Why did (Israeli prime minister Benjamin) Netanyahu send a delegation to the talks while we are being killed here?” Mohammed al-Balwi asked, as bombs continue to fall in Gaza.
Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas waged the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in response to the Israeli regime's decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians.
The regime’s bloody onslaught on Gaza has so far killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured tens of thousands others. Thousands more are also missing and presumed dead under rubble.
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