The Israeli military, claiming it is preparing an assault against Hamas militants in Khan Younis, including sections of Muwasi, a makeshift tent camp where hundreds are seeking safety, ordered the evacuation of a congested area of Gaza on Saturday that had been classified as a humanitarian zone.
Israel claims that rocket fire coming from the area is what prompted the decision. In a zone set aside for Palestinians escaping other areas of Gaza, this is the second evacuation order issued in a week. Several Palestinians have been forced to flee their homes numerous times in an attempt to find refuge amid Israel’s harsh aerial and ground onslaught.
At least 70 Palestinians were killed in several Israeli airstrikes that occurred on Monday outside Khan Younis following the evacuation order, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which cited data from Nasser Hospital.
This region is a part of the 60-square-kilometer (about 20-square-mile) “humanitarian zone” that Israel has instructed Palestinians to evacuate during the conflict. According to UN and humanitarian organizations, a large portion of the region is covered in makeshift camps with poor sanitary conditions, inadequate medical care, and restricted access to relief supplies. Israel thinks that some 1.8 million Palestinians are taking refuge there. That represents more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million pre-war population.
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