GAZA CITY: Israel’s latest evacuation order for civilians in the central Gaza Strip would force them to relocate to areas “where there are ongoing air strikes”, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Saturday.

In the evacuation order issued on Friday, the Israeli army instructed residents in the Bureij refugee camp and surrounding areas to “leave immediately for their own security” and head towards Deir Al Balah city further south.

“People in Gaza are people. They are not pieces on a checkerboard -- many have already been displaced several times,” Thomas White, Gaza director for the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, wrote on social media.

Published in Dawn, December 24th, 2023