{"id":309783,"date":"2023-10-14T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=309783"},"modified":"2023-10-14T21:05:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T01:05:16","slug":"palestinian-ambassador-accuses-israel-of-ethnic-cleansing-israel-claims-hamas-will-be-attacked-not-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/palestinian-ambassador-accuses-israel-of-ethnic-cleansing-israel-claims-hamas-will-be-attacked-not-civilians\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian Ambassador accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing; Israel claims Hamas will be attacked, not civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following Hamas’ deadly attack last Saturday against Israel which saw over 1,300 dead (mostly civilians) Israel has ordered\u00a0 over 1,000,000 Palestinians, which is 50% of the population in that part of the territory, to evacuate northern Gaza in just 24 hours, the BBC reports.<\/p>\n

This evacuation order coincides with a massive build up of over 300,000 thousand Israeli troops on the border of Gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion.<\/p>\n

Several days of airstrikes against Gaza since the attack, have left over 1,900 Palestinians dead including 600 children.<\/p>\n

The Israeli evacuation order directs Palestinian civilians to flee south of the area called Wadi Gaza while Hamas claims this is Israeli propaganda and should be ignored.<\/p>\n

According to Reuters, Israel’s UN ambassador, Gildan Erdan, said the evacuation directive from Israel should be recognized as it is part of his country’s standing policy to avoid civilian casualties.<\/p>\n

In response, the Palestinian envoy to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said Friday that Israel’s evacuation call in Gaza amounts to ethnic cleansing and that there is currently no safe place in Gaza.<\/p>\n

The UN secretary General, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, has reminded both sides to protect civilians and that even war has rules. “…civilians must be protected and also never used as shields.”<\/p>\n

The BBC video report is below:<\/p>\n