Israel’s ongoing genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip reveal a calculated plan to displace Palestinians, with Rafah positioned as a key site for potential ethnic cleansing.
The systematic targeting of Gaza’s healthcare system and civilian infrastructure has intensified the humanitarian catastrophe.
Analysts warn that Israel’s strategy, backed by U.S. support, violates international law and aims to forcibly relocate nearly two million Palestinians.
Israel’s military issued evacuation orders for Gaza City, displacing around 80,000 Palestinians who now struggle to find shelter in the overcrowded western Strip.
Bombed-out facilities like the university college complex and UNRWA headquarters, now makeshift shelters, offer little safety amid relentless attacks.
Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reported, “We are seeing scenes of chaos, of intimidation and fear,” as families, with no safe alternatives, resist further displacement.
In al-Mawasi, a so-called “safe zone” in southern Gaza, Israeli forces demolished makeshift shelters and civilian property in a sudden incursion.
The assault left families salvaging belongings from rubble, while troops desecrated a nearby cemetery, forcing relatives to relocate remains.
Daniel Levy described this as part of a plan to “kettle” Palestinians into southern Gaza, using Rafah as a staging post for mass expulsion.
Israel’s Rafah plan, supported by the U.S., raises alarms of ethnic cleansing, with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation facilitating aid distribution in the south. D
Over 700 Palestinians have been killed at aid sites, and malnutrition ravages vulnerable groups like pregnant women, highlighting Israel’s war crimes.