Israel’s newest evacuation order for civilians within the central Gaza Strip would power them to relocate to areas “where there are ongoing air strikes”, the UN company for Palestinian refugees mentioned on Saturday.

In the evacuation order issued on Friday, the Israeli military instructed residents within the Bureij refugee camp and surrounding areas to “leave immediately for their own security” and head in the direction of Deir al-Balah metropolis additional 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 company 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.”

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After the evacuation order, hundreds of Palestinians fled the central Gaza Strip to the south on Friday.

UNRWA tweeted that the most recent order would have an effect on greater than 150,000 individuals.

An estimated 1.9 million have been displaced by the conflict, in accordance with the UN.

Fighting started on October 7 when Hamas gunmen broke by means of Gaza’s militarised border and killed round 1,140 individuals in Israel, principally civilians, in accordance with an AFP tally primarily based on Israeli figures.

Palestinian militants additionally kidnapped round 250 individuals through the assault, in accordance with Israeli figures.

Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel launched a relentless bombardment and floor invasion of Gaza, the place 20,057 individuals have been killed, in accordance with the most recent toll from the territory’s Hamas authorities.