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

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

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

A boy stands by a man who reacts after houses were destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip [File: AFP]

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 remaining civilian infrastructure and attacking displacement sites, as it continues its stated aim of increasing its military deployment area to 70 percent of Gaza’s territory.

Human rights groups and aid agencies have repeatedly called on Israel to stop forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza and attacking shelters throughout the conflict.

The OHCHR documented the westward expansion of the Israeli military over the past two weeks, triggering new displacement of Palestinians in Shujayea, Gaza City, and in eastern Bureij, eastern Deir el-Balah and eastern al-Maghazi in Central Gaza.

The UN agency noted that in Shujayea, at least two Israeli attacks were reported on displacement camps, with explosive robots detonating the few buildings left standing in the area.

The OHCHR also said that it received reports that an Israeli drone dropped munitions on a tent housing displaced Palestinians at the Shujayea junction on Sunday. The Palestinian Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Gaza said the resulting fire displaced 200 families comprising 800 people.

Ajith Sunghay, head of the OHCHR in occupied Palestine, said the “nightmare of displacement” in Gaza was both “acute and chronic”.

“Those displaced before the announcement of a ceasefire have little to no prospect of return to the areas they fled, most of which are inaccessible because they fall beyond the so-called Yellow Line. And they continue to be displaced again and again.”

Despite an ongoing ceasefire , Israeli attacks on Gaza have continued, with at least 1,574 people killed and 5,687 others wounded since the agreement came into place on October 11, 2025, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health.

Since the genocidal war began in October 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 74,570 people and wounded 175,808 others.

联合国人权高专办表示，以色列军队将不断向西推进的“黄线”视为“杀戮区”。

在加沙地带中部布雷吉难民营，以色列空袭摧毁房屋后，一名男孩站在一名男子旁边，男子做出反应。[图片：法新社]

联合国人权事务高级专员办事处（人权高专办）警告称，以色列军队在加沙地带驱逐了更多巴勒斯坦人，他们的行为持续引发人们对种族清洗的担忧。

联合国人权高专办周五发表声明称，以色列军队不断将巴勒斯坦人驱逐到被围困的飞地中越来越小的地区。

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联合国机构表示，以色列军队正在进一步侵占其部署线（也称为“黄线”）以外的地区，“以色列军队似乎将黄线视为杀戮区”，阻止巴勒斯坦人返回他们在另一侧所剩无几的家园。

联合国人权事务高级专员办事处警告说，以色列军方正在摧毁剩余的民用基础设施并袭击流离失所者营地，继续推进其既定目标，即将其军事部署区域扩大到加沙领土的 70%。

人权组织和援助机构多次呼吁以色列停止在加沙强行驱逐巴勒斯坦人，并停止在整个冲突中袭击巴勒斯坦人的庇护所。

联合国人权事务高级专员办事处记录了过去两周以色列军队向西扩张的情况，导致加沙城舒贾耶、加沙中部布雷吉东部、代尔巴拉赫东部和马加齐东部的巴勒斯坦人再次流离失所。