Israeli evacuation orders force Palestinians to move, often multiple times, as they seek shelter
People flee the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip following Israeli bombardment on Tuesday. Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty ImagesPalestinian human rights researcher Mohammed Karekaa thought he was safe when he reached a UN shelter in the west ofhad ordered the evacuation of several neighbourhoods for a military operation, forcing him and many others to leave with no time to grab any belongings and flee across the shattered city.
Families forced to flee following an Israeli army evacuation order for parts of Khan Younis, including the Al-Mawasi 'humanitarian zone', rest in the shade in another area of the southern Gaza Strip city on Tuesday. Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images The evacuation orders were first deployed on October 12th, five days after the Hamas-led attack on Israel that ignited the war.
Louise Wateridge, a spokeswoman for Unrwa, the main UN agency in the territory, said: “Gazans are being faced with bad decisions and bad choices in terms of do I stay here and just hope nothing happens, or do I move and risk safety along the way? The UN has estimated up to 1.5 million people are now living there, and that fewer than 300,000 Gazans remain in the north of the strip, with the rest scattered across the middle region.
But when they reached their destination, they realised the area was already full. Hamdouna said he and some others broke into a fenced-off plot of land and pitched their tents there instead.
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