Since the very first week of its genocide, Israel has methodically cleared vast stretches of the Gaza Strip of its inhabitants through its unlawful issuance of evacuation orders. These are presented to the public as proof of its efforts to minimise civilian casualties and to support its alleged compliance with fundamental principles of international humanitarian law (IHL). However, they achieve the direct opposite. Over 90 per cent of Gaza’s population (including the elderly, disabled, sick, injured, and expectant and breastfeeding mothers) has been forcibly displaced from their homes and temporary shelters, the majority countless times, to alleged “safe zones”. Contrary to their label, these zones only further endanger Palestinians in Gaza. With insufficient space, shelter, sanitation facilities, food and water sources, or medical care, these “safe zones” are intentionally designed to ensure the destruction of all life sheltering there.
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