The Israeli army ordered the immediate evacuation of an area covering about 20 percent of central and southern Khan Yunis, which before the Israeli invasion was home to more than 111,000 people, and now includes 32 shelters housing more than 141,000 people displaced from northern Gaza by Israeli bombing. war.
Israel’s notice of forced transfer was announced online on Wednesday, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), with Palestinians instructed to move to already overcrowded neighborhoods in Rafah, further south.
“The scale of displacement resulting from the evacuation order is unclear,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in its latest report on the situation in Gaza.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs also notes that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has received reports that Israeli forces killed at least 11 Palestinian men and injured an unconfirmed number of women and children in a residential building in Gaza City “in what may amount to a war crime.” “.
“Three related families were hiding inside this building during the events. Initial witness reports circulating through the media claim that the men were separated from the women and children and then shot and killed, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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On December 20, 56 buildings were reported to have been destroyed #Gaza In one of several attacks. The death toll is rising.
He added: “Conditions that allow large-scale humanitarian operations must be recreated immediately.” – @antonioguterres
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— Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Palestine) (@ochaopt) December 20, 2023
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