On April 1st, Philip Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNHCR), stated on the 31st that the large-scale evacuation order issued by the Israeli military in the southern Gaza Strip’s Rafa will affect over 140000 people and further exacerbate the plight of the local population. Israeli defense agency sources stated on the same day that in order to pressure the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to accept Israel’s proposed ceasefire, the Israeli military issued a large-scale evacuation order to the southern Gaza Strip, including the surrounding areas. According to Israeli media reports, this is the largest evacuation order issued by the Israeli Defense Forces since the resumption of Gaza fighting on March 18th.
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