Rights groups criticize Israeli decision to move Palestinians to tiny, barren area.
Another wave of Palestinians have been forced to leave their homes in Gaza. This time, on a small plot of land in the south designated by Israel as a “safe zone”.
But conditions at al-Mawasi are grim and, for those living in its makeshift camps, bitterly cold.
International humanitarian organizations do not recognize the facility or provide services there.
And over the past two months, Israeli forces have bombed areas where they were ordering people to take shelter.
Those at al-Mawasi say there is no guarantee they will be spared from Israeli bombings and airstrikes.
So how can what Israel calls a “safe zone” protect civilians from suffering and attacks? And could it become what one UNICEF official described as another “death zone”?
Presenter: Tom McRae
Guests:
Juliette Touma – Director of Communications of the United Nations Office for Refugees and Palestine Refugee Works
Mukesh Kapila – Former UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and Emeritus Professor at the University of Manchester
Hisham A Hellyer – Senior Research Associate in International Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
