Sam Rose, UNRWA’s director of planning, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the “harrowing” effect of Israel’s latest mass evacuation orders, five of which were issued in six days last week.

“The people of Gaza are waking up on every other day to evacuation orders, giving them a very, very short time to move or face the consequences,” Rose said. “This is women, children, the elderly, people who have moved five to 10 times already faced with an impossible dilemma.”

“If they stay,” he said, “they risk bombardment, further destruction, further death. And if they go, they don’t know what’s coming for them. There’s either no space when they get there, or they’ll be in even more squalid conditions than those they left behind. Many unfortunately, tragically, horrifically, have been killed en route.”