DaysofPal- The Gaza Center for Human Rights has raised alarm over the intensifying policy of systematic home demolitions by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, warning that the practice is worsening an already severe displacement crisis.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the organization said residents are being forced to evacuate their homes after receiving phone calls ordering them to leave, only for the buildings to be bombed shortly afterward.
Many of the targeted homes, the center noted, had already been damaged in previous attacks.
The center expressed concern over the expansion of demolition and displacement operations in central Gaza, citing repeated evacuation orders and subsequent strikes east of the Bureij and Maghazi refugee camps, alongside ongoing land-clearing activities east of Deir al-Balah.
According to the statement, entire residential blocks were destroyed between May 20 and May 22 in the Nuseirat, Bureij, and Maghazi camps following forced evacuations.
The organization argued that these actions do not target military objectives but instead form part of a broader strategy aimed at eliminating what remains of habitable residential areas in the territory.
Field teams documented at least 12 airstrikes in May that occurred after evacuation calls were issued, which the center said reflects a longstanding pattern of targeting Palestinian civilian infrastructure.
The center also cited estimates indicating that around 90 percent of Gaza’s buildings have been destroyed since the start of the war, leaving nearly two million Palestinians living in tents, near the rubble of their homes, or in severely damaged structures lacking basic living conditions.
It warned that the continued targeting of remaining homes signals a deliberate effort to complete the destruction of the residential environment and impose catastrophic living conditions that drive further displacement.
The center added that areas currently accessible to Palestinians have shrunk to roughly 35 percent of the Gaza Strip.
The statement emphasized that prior warnings or evacuation orders do not absolve Israel of legal responsibility or legitimize attacks on civilian objects, describing the policy as one of intimidation, large-scale destruction, and forced displacement.
The organization called on the international community to take urgent action to halt attacks on residential areas, ensure effective civilian protection under international humanitarian law, and pressure for the entry of emergency shelter supplies and the launch of reconstruction efforts.
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