UN human rights office condemns Israeli evacuation orders from Khan Younis

The OHCHR has condemned "confusing mass evacuation orders" issued by the Israeli military on Monday to Palestinians in Khan Younis.

The UN agency said in a statement that the evacuation orders left "no time" for civilians to decide where to go, and that, despite the orders, Israeli military operations "continued in and around the area unabated".

On Monday, shortly after issuing the evacuation order, the Israeli military launched air strikes on a former humanitarian zone in Khan Younis, killing at least 70 people.

“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.”