Hamas has condemned the orders for the southern Gaza city amid Israeli “massacres” as “a war crime and a dangerous escalation of aggression” against the Palestinians, Al Jazeera reports.
Hamas said in a statement on Telegram that “displacing tens of thousands of innocent people constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law, and a full-fledged crime of forced displacement and ethnic cleansing”.
It added: “This new crime aims to deepen the suffering of our defenceless people and exacerbate the catastrophic humanitarian conditions they are experiencing.”
