Tel Aviv: A United Nations official has said that Israel is using its army to drive Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip.
Paula Gaviria Betancur, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, claimed in a statement released on Tuesday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was attempting to carry out “mass” deportation of Palestinians from Gaza.
The statement said: “As evacuation orders and military operations continue to expand and civilians are increasingly attacked on a daily basis, the only logical conclusion is that Israel’s military operation in Gaza is aimed at mass extermination of most of the civilian population.” To be deported from.”
It may be noted that Israel has been denying reports that its forces were pushing Gazans into Egypt for the duration of the war, and has sworn that it is not seeking any permanent population displacement.
On October 7, Israel entered into a ceasefire agreement with the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip after Hamas crossed into southern Israel, killing 1,200, wounding more than 3,000 and abducting 240 people, including foreign nationals. Engaged in a bitter war. Israel immediately retaliated with airstrikes in Gaza. Subsequently, on 27 October, the IDF invaded the Gaza Strip.
Gaza’s health ministry has claimed that more than 20,000 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed in Israeli military attacks since October 7. The IDF also said it had lost 161 soldiers in the fighting with Hamas since it began ground operations. strip.
