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Forced displacement can amount to a war crime. So can using starvation as a weapon of war. Since October 1 the Israeli military has ordered some 400,000 people in northern Gaza to leave their homes and blocked aid from reaching them—risking both crimes again and again.
Evacuation orders now cover 85 percent of the Gaza Strip. About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.2 million Palestinians have been displaced, sheltering in relatives’ homes, public buildings, tents, and greenhouses and under tarpaulins. The rainy season begins this month.
More than 400,000 people, according to the UN, remain in northern Gaza. Some are older or have disabilities. Some are hospitalized. Some had managed to return to the north after previous displacements. Many have no place to go and have said they don’t believe they’ll be any safer in the so-called humanitarian zones that the Israeli military has designated. The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, said that shortages of food, fuel and medical supplies were “terrifying” and endangered patients’ lives, including newborn babies: “Milk is also running out, food is running, everything available is depleting.”
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Evacuation orders now cover 85 percent of the Gaza Strip. About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.2 million Palestinians have been displaced, sheltering in relatives’ homes, public buildings, tents, and greenhouses and under tarpaulins. The rainy season begins this month.
More than 400,000 people, according to the UN, remain in northern Gaza. Some are older or have disabilities. Some are hospitalized. Some had managed to return to the north after previous displacements. Many have no place to go and have said they don’t believe they’ll be any safer in the so-called humanitarian zones that the Israeli military has designated. The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, said that shortages of food, fuel and medical supplies were “terrifying” and endangered patients’ lives, including newborn babies: “Milk is also running out, food is running, everything available is depleting.”
North Gaza: Between Death and Displacement
Forced displacement can amount to a war crime. So can using starvation as a weapon of war. Since October 1 the Israeli military has ordered some 400,000 people in northern Gaza to leave their homes and blocked aid from reaching them—risking both crimes again and again.


