Palestinian Rights Groups Warn against Gaza Mass Displacement
“The Israeli military offensive has caused the largest mass displacement of Palestinians in such a short period of time since the 1948 Nakba: around 1,500,000 Palestinians, or about 65 percent of Gaza’s population, are now internally displaced inside Gaza,” Al Mezan, Al-Haq, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said in a statement on Tuesday.
The groups said the displacement has been caused by Israeli “evacuation orders” and relentless bombardments, with Israel’s military offensive causing “the largest mass displacement of Palestinians in such a short period of time since the 1948 Nakba”.
“As we write, the threat of mass forced displacement into Egypt and ethnic cleansing of more than two million Palestinians lingers imminent,” they said.
“It is imperative that the international community take immediate action to stop Israel’s military campaign against Gaza [and] prevent the attempted forced displacement of Palestinians.”
Israel launched its war on Gaza on October 7 after Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Storm into the occupied territories in response to the Israeli regime’s intensified crimes against the Palestinian people.
Tel Aviv has also blocked water, food, and electricity to Gaza, plunging the coastal strip into a humanitarian crisis.
According to the Gaza-based health ministry, at least 10,328 Palestinians have been killed in the strikes, most of them women and children, while nearly 26,000 others have been injured.
Source: Agencies
