The Israeli occupation forces have forcibly displaced thousands of Palestinian civilians in central Gaza, compelling them to flee from new residential areas towards the south. This comes as part of an ongoing military operation that bears the hallmarks of genocide, following over 21 months of continuous attacks targeting the population, infrastructure, and civilian facilities.
Around midnight, the occupation issued fresh warnings via social media, ordering civilians to evacuate the areas of Nuseirat, Zahra, Mughraqa, and the northern coastal neighbourhoods, including Al-Nuzha, Al-Bawadi, Al-Basma, Al-Basateen, Badr, Abu Huraira, Al-Rawda, and Al-Safa, directing them southwards to the Al-Mawasi area. This region lacks the most basic necessities for survival and has been dangerously overcrowded since the start of the displacement waves.
These warnings were made amid intensified aerial and artillery bombardments of the mentioned areas, rendering it nearly impossible for residents to remain, effectively turning evacuation into forced displacement, which is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, which prohibits the forcible transfer of civilian populations under direct or indirect threat of force.
Since 7 October 2023, the occupation has waged what has been described as a systematic war against Gaza’s population, marked by mass killings, starvation, and widespread destruction of civilian neighbourhoods, healthcare facilities, education infrastructure, and water supplies. According to international legal standards, these acts constitute not only war crimes but potentially genocide.
Estimates suggest that the number of Palestinian dead and wounded has reached approximately 189,000, the majority of them women and children, in addition to over 11,000 missing persons, many of whose bodies remain beneath the rubble. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of displaced people are suffering without shelter, clean water, food, or access to medical care.
The pattern of operations adopted by the occupation for nearly two years of targeting civilians, imposing a comprehensive siege, deliberately starving the population, and repeatedly displacing them, which reflects a calculated strategy aimed at depopulating Gaza through the systematic and sustained dismantling of all conditions necessary for human survival.
What is unfolding in Gaza is not merely a humanitarian crisis; it is an ongoing crime against humanity, in open defiance of international law, and a direct challenge to the world’s resolve to stand against genocide when it is carried out openly and in full view of the global community.
