90% of Gaza’s population displaced amid escalating Israeli evacuation orders: UN

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has decried the mass displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, as the Israeli military continues to issue more evacuation orders for various parts of the Strip, forcing people to flee with nowhere safe to go.
Muhannad Hadi, the humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, emphasized the severe impact of these evacuations. “Mass evacuations in Gaza severely constrain survival efforts and limit aid operations,” Hadi stated.
OCHA also noted that humanitarian staff from several UN agencies and NGOs, along with their families, have been affected. These workers are crucial in supporting displaced Palestinians.
During August alone, the Israeli forces have issued 12 evacuation orders – on average, once every two days – forcing as many as 250,000 people to flee yet again, according to OCHA.
On August 21, tens of thousands of civilians in four neighborhoods in Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis were forcibly ordered to evacuate.
“If evacuation orders are meant to protect civilians, the fact is that they are leading to the exact opposite. They are forcing families to flee again, often under fire and with the few belongings they can carry with them, into an ever-shrinking area that is overcrowded, polluted, with limited services and – like the rest of Gaza – unsafe,” Hadi noted.
Successive mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military have displaced 90 percent of Gaza’s residents since October 2023, according to OCHA.
“People are being deprived of access to services essential for their survival, including medical facilities, shelters, water wells and humanitarian supplies.”
Hadi said civilians in Gaza are “exhausted and terrified, running from one destroyed place to another, with no end in sight. This cannot continue.”