An official at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed today, Saturday, that the Israeli army issued an order yesterday, Friday, to residents of an area in the central Gaza Strip to move to places witnessing air strikes, but he said that there is no safe place in Gaza.
The Israeli army published in Arabic a leaflet in which it asked residents of the Bureij camp and several neighboring neighborhoods to “leave immediately for their safety” towards Deir al-Balah. He said in the order, “For your safety, you must move immediately to shelters in Deir al-Balah” in the center of the Gaza Strip.
Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza, Tom White, wrote on the “X” platform: “People in Gaza are human beings and not pieces on a chessboard. Many have already been displaced several times.”
He also stressed that “the Israeli army is ordering people to move to areas witnessing air strikes and there is no safe place and nowhere to go.”
People in #Gaza arePeople. They are not pieces on a checkerboard – many have already been displaced several times. The Israeli Army just orders people to move into areas where there are ongoing airstrikes. No place is safe, nowhere to go. @UNRWA
— Thomas White (@TomWhiteGaza) December 23, 2023
According to UNRWA, the latest evacuation order includes “more than 150,000 people.”
Thus, thousands of Palestinians find themselves forced to flee again during the war, carrying their simple belongings after the Israeli army issued an order to evacuate areas in the central Gaza Strip.
Displaced people carried bags, belongings, and piles of blankets on a cart, while others placed sleeping mats on top of one of the cars.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that the toll of the Israeli aggression had risen to 20,57 martyrs and 53,320 injured since the seventh of last October.
