Gaza War: UN Nothilfebüro criticizes new escape call in Gaza

The UN-NOTILFBERO exercises sharp criticism of Israel’s escape call for residents and inland refugees in the city of Deir al-Balah at the center of the competitive Gaza strip. The “mass displacement order” of the Israeli armed forces represents another “devastating blow” for the humanitarian efforts in the area devastated by the war, explained the UN Nothilfebüro Ocha in a statement. Israel’s army had announced that it would expand her missions in the city and called on people in several quarters to go to the south of the sealed coastal strip.

Initial estimates would have been between 50,000 and 80,000 people in the area at the time of the arrangement, said Ocha. Among them are many people who are housed in tent camps. At least 1,000 families have fled the area in the past few hours. The UN employees stayed in Deir Al Balah. Your coordinates were passed on to the responsible bodies. Your locations would have to be protected regardless of the evacuation commands, it said.

Emergency aid office warns of damage to vital institutions

The “Times of Israel” spoke of the first grounds of the Israeli army in the area since the beginning of the Gaza War. According to OCHA, the newly designated area of application includes several warehouses for humanitarian aid, four clinics, a water reservoir and a pumping station for waste water. “Any damage to this infrastructure will have life -threatening consequences,” warned Ocha.

The army called on the people affected in the area to go to Al-Mawasi, which was shown as the “humanitarian zone” during the Gaza War of Israel. In the past, the Israeli military had also attacked several times there. According to the army information, the goals were, for example, facilities of the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas.