The organization insists that laws of armed conflict applicable in occupied territories such as the Gaza Strip, they only allow the movement of civilians in exceptional cases for compelling military reasons and for the safety of the population, always demanding protection and adequate conditions to receive these people.

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In this sense, he repeated that although Israel confirms it is fighting Palestinian factions present in civilian areas and that it carried out evacuations to carry out its operations and limit damage to the population, the arguments are “largely false”.

The organization delved into the fact that evacuation system used by Israell caused “serious” harm to the population and “often served only sow fear and anxiety.”

Instead of ensuring the safety of displaced civilians, Israeli forces repeatedly attacked certain evacuation routes and safe areas.

In particular, he emphasized that Evacuation orders were ‘inconsistent’ and ‘inaccurate’ and added that “often were not brought to the attention of the civilian population in sufficient time authorize evacuation or were not notified at all,” while They do not take into account the needs of people with disabilities or dependents.

HRW recalled that Israel, as the occupying Power, also has an obligation to ensure that facilities to accommodate displaced persons and pointed out that, on the contrary, Israeli troops created obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian aid necessary in the Gaza Strip, having alsodestroyed numerous important resources, included hospitals, schools, water and energy infrastructure, bakeries and agricultural land.

Right of return

On the other hand, the organization stated that Israel also has an obligation to allow displaced persons to return to their homes. as soon as hostilities cease, and stated that several areas of Gaza remained uninhabitable due to the damage caused by the military offensive.

HRW noted that:

The Israeli military has deliberately destroyed or severely damaged civilian infrastructure, including controlled demolition of houses, with the apparent purpose of creating an expanded “buffer zone” along Gaza’s perimeter with Israel and a corridor separating Gaza.

” scale of destruction suggests intention will forever displace many people”noted the NGO, which recalled that “For nearly eight decades, Israeli authorities have denied the right of return to 80 percent of Gaza’s population.consisting of refugees and their descendants” who They were expelled or fled after the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.

Furthermore, he noted that, in this context, senior Israeli Government officials had expressed their intention drive Palestinians out of Gaza and recalled that the Israeli Minister of Agriculture, Avi Dichterwent so far as to say in November 2023 that Israeli authorities “They are deploying the Nakba in Gaza.”

For this reason, he emphasized that “forced displacement is widespread and that evidence suggests that “It was systematic and part of government policy,” he said. what will it be like “crimes against humanity”.

In this regard, he warned that “it is likely that Israeli authorities plan to make permanent the forced and organized displacement of Palestinians from Gazabelonging to another ethnic group, in buffer zones and security corridors”, actions that would mean “ethnic cleansing”

End impunity

Despite all this, HRW noted that victims of violence in Israel and Palestine have faced for decades “wall of impunity” including the “illegal blockade” of the Gaza Strip for 17 years, which “is part of “a continuation of the crimes of apartheid and persecution that the Israeli authorities are committing against the Palestinian people.”

NGO called international governments that “publicly” condemn the forced displacement of civilians as a war crime and against humanity and put pressure on Israeli authorities to stop these violations and implement the resolutions International Court of Justice (ICJ).