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Ethnic cleansing fears rise as Israel squeezes space in Gaza: UN

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In short

Recent two-week westward incursions have triggered waves of displacement across eastern Gaza City, Bureij, Deir el-Balah, and al-Maghazi. The OHCHR documented the deployment of explosive robots to level remaining residential buildings in Shujayea alongside strikes targeting displacement facilities. An Israeli drone attack on a tent cluster at the Shujayea junction sparked a fire that displaced 200 families, totaling 800 people. Despite an October 11, 2025 ceasefire agreement, ongoing military operations continue to drive up death and injury tolls across the strip.

Key points

  • The United Nations warns that the Yellow Line deployment marker is being operated as a de…: The United Nations warns that the Yellow Line deployment marker is being operated as a deadly barrier preventing civilian return.
  • Health authorities report that at least 1,574 people have been killed despite the October…: Health authorities report that at least 1,574 people have been killed despite the October 11, 2025 ceasefire agreement.
  • Continued military encroachment has created acute, chronic displacement that leaves Pales…: Continued military encroachment has created acute, chronic displacement that leaves Palestinians with no viable path back to their homes.

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Israeli forces are treating the ‘Yellow Line’, which is encroaching westward, as ‘a kill zone’, the OHCHR says.

Israeli forces in Gaza are displacing more Palestinians and their actions continue to raise concerns of ethnic cleansing, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has warned.

Palestinians are being repeatedly displaced by Israeli forces into a decreasing fraction of the besieged enclave, an OHCHR statement issued on Friday said.

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The Israeli army is further encroaching on areas past its deployment line, also known as the “Yellow Line,” and “Israeli forces appear to treat the yellow line as a kill zone,” preventing Palestinians from returning to what is left of their homes on the other side, the UN agency said.

The OHCHR cautioned that the Israeli military is destroying…

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