Egypt warns against Israeli call for Gaza residents to move south

 


Oct 13, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Israeli bombing has killed 1,799 Palestinians in Gaza, the health ministry in the besieged strip has said, adding that 6,388 had been injured. Among the dead are 500 children.

The Israeli army has ordered residents of the north of the Gaza Strip to evacuate amid the indiscriminate bombing, amid reports that they will not be allowed to return.

This has raised fears of a "Second Nakba" among Palestinians.

The death toll in Israel from the surprise attack launched by Hamas and other Palestinian militants on Saturday is over 1,300.

Israel has continued to bomb Gaza, home to more than two million people, with an unprecedented intensity.

NATO countries on Thursday told Israel's defence minister they stood by his country after the attack by Hamas, but urged his forces to respond with "proportionality", the alliance said.

Human Rights Watch has charged Israel with using white phosphorous in Gaza, saying it has a "significant incendiary effect that can severely burn people and set structures, fields, and other civilian objects in the vicinity on fire".

The watchdog added: "The use of white phosphorus in Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, magnifies the risk to civilians and violates the international humanitarian law prohibition on putting civilians at unnecessary risk."

After a trip to Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has travelled to Jordan, where he has met King Abdullah II and is set to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as part of a regional tour.

 

7:12 PM  Agencies

Egypt warns against Israeli call for Gaza residents to move south

Egypt's foreign ministry warned on Friday against calls from the Israeli army for more than 1 million of the Gaza Strip's residents to leave their homes and head south, saying it would have a serious impact on humanitarian conditions in the enclave.

Such a move would be a "grave violation" of international humanitarian law and expose the lives of Gaza residents to danger, putting hundreds of thousands of people in areas not fit to accommodate them, the ministry said in a statement.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Friday that Gallant said Palestinian civilians "who want to save their lives" must heed Israel's warning to evacuate southward in Gaza.

Egypt shares a border with Gaza and has been alarmed by the prospect that its residents could be displaced by Israel's siege and bombardment of the territory, launched in retaliation for a devastating incursion by Hamas militants.

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