No place is safe in Gaza, says UN after Israel’s latest evacuation order for Bureij refugee camp
Gaza, Dec 24, 2023 (Quds News) – Israel’s latest evacuation order for civilians in the central Gaza Strip would force them to relocate to areas where there are ongoing air strikes, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said last night.
In the evacuation order issued on Friday, the invading Israeli army instructed residents in the Bureij refugee camp and surrounding areas to “leave immediately for their own security” and head towards Deir al-Balah city further south.
“People in Gaza are people. They are not pieces on a checkerboard–many have already been displaced several times,” Thomas White, Gaza director for the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, wrote on social media.
“The Israeli army just orders people to move into areas where there are ongoing air strikes. No place is safe, nowhere to go.”
UNRWA tweeted that the latest order would affect more than 150,000 people. An estimated 1.9 million have been displaced by the Israeli aggression, according to the UN.
