Israel's ultimatum to more than a million Gazans giving them 24 hours to evacuate to the south of the coastal enclave was condemned Friday by countries and organizations around the world.
The United Nations said it had been informed of the order shortly before midnight but as thousands of people streamed southwards in cars and on foot, the Israeli army admitted that the evacuation would "take time".US President Joe Biden, who has repeatedly given staunch support for Israel, said that addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was a "priority."
He said the situation in Gaza had reached "a dangerous new low" and called for immediate humanitarian access through Gaza to get "fuel, food and water to everyone in need."The UN described such a population transfer in so short a timescale as "impossible" and urged Israel to rescind the order. It announced it was relocating its agency for Palestinian refugees and foreign staff to southern Gaza.
Palestinian officials told the WHO that moving vulnerable hospital patients to the southern Gaza Strip was "impossible". US officials said they were in talks with Egypt to open the Rafah crossing to foreign nationals who want to flee.At a news conference during a visit to Jerusalem, Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock condemned Hamas for taking "the entire population of Gaza hostage". She accused Hamas of "barricading itself behind more innocent people and is using them as a shield".
Riyadh "affirms its categorical rejection of calls for the forced displacement of the Palestinian people from Gaza, and its condemnation of the continued targeting of defenceless civilians there," the foreign ministry said in a statement.The Organization of Islamic Cooperation accused Israel of seeking to "forcibly displace the Palestinian people" and seeking to shift "the humanitarian crisis... to neighbouring countries".
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which Israel has vowed to destroy after it launched a shock attack on Israel Saturday...
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