UN urges Israel to call off northern Gaza evacuation order
The United Nations has called on Israel to rescind an order forcing more than a million people in northern Gaza to move to the south within 24 hours.Thousands have died since Hamas launched a shock attack on Israel in the early hours of Saturday.
UN officials working in Gaza were informed by the Israeli military"that the entire population of Gaza north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to southern Gaza within the next 24 hours," Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, told AFP, adding that this amounts to approximately 1.1 million people.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is sheltering more than 60 percent of the 423 000 people displaced in recent days in the Gaza Strip.The United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences.
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