- The number of Palestinian aid seekers killed by Israeli forces since May 27 in the besieged Gaza Strip has reached 613, according to the UN, as a report says US contractors ostensibly guarding controversial aid distribution sites have been using live ammunition and stun grenades.
- Israeli attacks across Gaza continue, with at least 41 people killed on Friday.
- Hamas says consultations have begun on a latest proposal for a temporary 60-day ceasefire in Gaza; will submit its response to mediators.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,130 people and wounded 134,592, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.
How Israel’s forced evacuation orders push Palestinians out of their homes
As we’ve been reporting, the Israeli military has issued new forced displacement orders for parts of Khan Younis, including the area that is home to Nasser Hospital.
This is not the first such order by Israel in recent weeks for the southern Gaza city: satellite imagery reviewed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency this week found that the military has issued force evacuation orders for 83.5 percent of Khan Younis since March 18.
That amounts to an area of nearly 89sq km (34sq miles).
Overall, Sanad found that Israel has pushed Palestinians into a 74.4sq-km (28.7sq-mile) area of the Gaza Strip, representing about 20 percent of the enclave.
“In contrast, approximately 290.4 square kilometres, which account for 80 percent of the total area of the besieged Strip, have been marked as hazardous red zones,” it said.
