The OHCHR has denounced the repeated displacement pursuant to an evacuation order by the Israeli military to civilians in northeast Khan Younis.

The UN agency said Monday’s evacuation order on Monday gave “no time” for civilians to know from which areas they were required to leave or where they should go.

We reported on July 22 that Israel carried out multiple air raids, including in Bani Suheila, al-Qarara and Abasan al-Kabira, along with the intensification of shelling in eastern Khan Younis. This resulted in the killing of at least 70 Palestinians, including women and children. That number has risen since the statement was published.

Around the same time, the Israeli military issued an evacuation order for areas in eastern Khan Younis, including parts of the area that they had unilaterally designated a “humanitarian zone”.

In a statement, the OHCHR said: “Despite the evacuation order, Israeli military operations continued in and around the area unabated. The evacuation order also covered parts of Salah al-Deen Road, which has been one of two main routes vital for the transport and distribution of aid, raising concerns that delivery and provision of desperately needed humanitarian assistance will be further reduced or prevented.”

“There is no safe place in Gaza,” the OHCHR said. “Confusing mass evacuation orders issued by a party that is concurrently increasing the intensity of its attacks on the areas from which evacuation is ordered and through which people must move place civilians in more danger and may increase the harm to civilians.”