Amnesty International calls on “Israel” to immediately rescind Gaza City mass displacement order
GAZA, Sept. 11 (YPA) – Amnesty International has urged “Israel” to immediately rescind the mass displacement order issued by its military on 9 September to residents of Gaza City, waring that the assault on the city is compounding the suffering of civilians amidst an ongoing genocide.
“The order issued yesterday morning by the Israeli military for the mass displacement of Gaza City residents is cruel, unlawful, and further compounds the genocidal conditions of life that Israel is inflicting on Palestinians,” said Heba Morayef, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.
She added, “For the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City who, for nearly two years, have been enduring relentless bombardment while starved and crammed in makeshift camps or taking refuge in extremely overcrowded buildings, this is a devastating and inhuman repeat of the mass displacement order issued for all of North Gaza on 13 October 2023.”
The organization has repeatedly and unequivocally stated that forcibly displacing Palestinians within the Gaza Strip or deporting them violates international humanitarian law and constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
According to the organization, the latest displacement order, combined with the expansion of military operations in Gaza, including the destruction of high-rise buildings where thousands of families have been sheltering, is yet another illustration of Israel deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of an already devastated population.
It stressed, “That Israel has failed to heed the warnings of humanitarian and human rights groups about the catastrophic implications of this operation, along with its continuous defiance of the orders of the International Court of Justice to ensure that Palestinians in Gaza receive adequate aid and protection is an undeniable indication of its intent to continue its genocide unabated.”
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