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Such actions of the Israeli authorities amount to ethnic cleansing.
The Israeli authorities’ organized violent displacement of Palestinians in Gaza is likely planned to be permanent in the buffer zones and security corridors.
Such acts also constitute crimes against humanity.
Human Rights Watch found forced displacement has been widespread systematic and part of a state policy.
Senior Israeli officials have declared their intent to displace the Palestinian population of Gaza with government ministers stating its territory will decrease and that land will be handed to settlers.
In November 2023 Avi Dichter said “We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba.”
For almost eight decades Israeli authorities have denied the right to return of 80 percent of Gaza’s population who are refugees and their descendants who were expelled or fled in 1948.
Israel should respect the right of Palestinian civilians to return to the areas in Gaza from which it has displaced them.
The destruction indicates the intention to permanently displace many people.
Israel is also obliged to ensure the return of displaced people to their homes as soon as hostilities cease.
The evacuation orders did not consider the needs of people with disabilities and others who are unable to leave without assistance.
Evacuation orders have been inconsistent inaccurate and frequently not communicated to civilians with enough time to allow evacuations or at all.
Israeli forces have repeatedly struck designated evacuation routes and safe zones rather than ensure security for displaced civilians.
Israel’s evacuation system has severely harmed the population and often spread fear and anxiety.
Human Rights Watch research shows this claim to be largely false.
Human Rights Watch found no plausible imperative military reason to justify Israel’s mass displacement of nearly all of Gaza’s population.
Israeli officials claim the military has lawfully evacuated civilians to attack the groups while limiting civilian harm because Palestinian armed groups are fighting from among the civilian population.
Governments should publicly condemn Israel’s forced displacement and suspend military assistance and arms sales to Israel.
This amounts to a crime against humanity.
Israel should stop collectively punishing civilians in Gaza.