The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees says Israel’s new evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip have shrunk to only 11 per cent of the so-called humanitarian zone for Palestinians in the besieged territory.

UNRWA released the figure in an X post on Saturday, a day after the Israeli military gave Gaza residents sheltering in the safe zone in north Khan Yunis and east Deir al-Balah an order to leave in just a few hours, Press TV reports.

“Thousands of families continue to be displaced in Gaza as Israeli authorities issue new evacuation orders,” UNRWA said.

“The so-called ‘humanitarian zone’ has shrunk to just 11 per cent of the Gaza Strip, causing chaos and fear among the displaced. They have nowhere safe to go.”

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees also renewed its call for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

Separately on Saturday, UNRWA Communications Officer Louise Wateridge said in an X post that Israel’s repeated displacement orders have left people “trapped in this endless nightmare.”

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