For nearly nine months, Israel’s war on Gaza has forced Palestinians to run from place to place in search of pockets of safety in the besieged Strip.
Israel’s latest mass evacuation order told 250,000 displaced people in Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest city, to leave, as it carries out renewed attacks in southern Gaza.
The order comes as fierce fighting traps Palestinians in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, and the Shujayea neighbourhood in Gaza City in the north.
Where were Palestinians in Khan Younis told to flee to? Is it safe?
The Israeli army first told Palestinians to “evacuate immediately to the humanitarian zone”, without specifying where.
About 13 hours later, a post on X told people to head to the “al-Mawasi humanitarian zone”.
While Israel calls al-Mawasi – a seaside strip that runs as far north as Deir el-Balah – a “humanitarian zone”, it has also launched attacks on people there.
At least 25 people were killed in two Israeli attacks on al-Mawasi on June 21, and some 21 people in another attack on May 28, according to Palestinian officials.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) was forced to evacuate its base in the Khan Younis part of al-Mawasi on June 29 due to safety concerns.
Is the European Hospital also being evacuated?
The Israeli army claimed on X its evacuation order does not apply to the European Hospital, which falls in the zone.
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