GENEVA – Israel is continuing its campaign of forced displacement in Gaza through successive evacuation orders, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor warned Wednesday, calling the pattern part of a broader plan to erase the Palestinian presence.
Between June 28 and 30, Israeli forces issued three new evacuation orders affecting large areas of Gaza City and the north, displacing tens of thousands, the rights group said in a statement.
Since March 18, when Israel withdrew from a temporary ceasefire, the army has issued 51 such orders, covering over 85% of the territory.
“These practices have driven residents into an area comprising less than 15 percent of the enclave,” Euro-Med Monitor said, warning that displacement has become an open objective, not tied to military necessity.
Residents described fleeing under bombardment with nowhere safe to go, it noted. “Every place said to be safe is being bombed. There is nowhere to hide except under the open sky,” said Mohammed Hillis of Shuja’iyya.
Another survivor, Maram Abdel Aal, said: “Entire families were killed in their tents. Not a single neighboring family survived.”
The group said Israel’s actions meet the legal threshold for “war crimes and genocide,” citing mass displacement, starvation, and the targeting of shelters.
It urged states to impose sanctions, halt arms transfers, and enforce International Criminal Court arrest warrants, adding: “There is no immunity for international crimes.”
ANADOLU, 2.7.2025
