By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Rights groups warned Israel is systematically destroying Gaza’s remaining homes while expanding forced displacement policies.

Key Developments

• A Gaza rights organization warned of a growing pattern of forced evacuations followed by home demolitions.
• New aerial imagery revealed widespread destruction across Rafah and Khan Yunis neighborhoods.
• Rights advocates warned shrinking civilian zones may facilitate broader displacement plans inside Gaza.

A Gaza-based human rights organization warned Saturday that Israeli occupation forces are escalating a systematic campaign targeting what remains of Gaza’s residential areas.

The organization said ongoing demolitions and repeated displacement orders are creating conditions that could force Palestinians from large parts of the Strip.

It warned that the pattern reflects a broader effort to eliminate remaining civilian living spaces and deepen mass displacement across Gaza.

The warning came as newly released aerial images revealed extensive destruction across Rafah and Khan Yunis, showing entire residential districts reduced to rubble amid continuing military operations and bombardment.

Evacuations and Destruction

The Gaza Human Rights Center said Israeli occupation forces have increasingly relied on a pattern in which residents receive phone calls ordering them to evacuate remaining homes before those structures are subsequently bombed or destroyed.

According to the organization, many of the targeted buildings had already sustained damage from earlier attacks, leaving families with increasingly few shelter options.

The center said it had growing concerns over expanding destruction and displacement operations in central Gaza, particularly around areas east of the Al-Bureij and Al-Maghazi camps, as well as continuing bulldozing activity east of Deir al-Balah.

Field teams documented the destruction of entire residential blocks in the Nuseirat, Al-Bureij and Al-Maghazi camps between May 20 and May 22, according to the organization.

The center said at least 12 attacks during May followed phone evacuation orders.

It argued that the pattern does not reflect isolated incidents but rather forms part of a broader long-term strategy targeting Gaza’s residential environment.

The organization warned that telephone warnings and evacuation notices do not remove legal responsibility or grant legitimacy to attacks on civilian infrastructure.

It said such measures function as tools of intimidation, mass destruction and forced displacement.

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Living Space Shrinks

The rights organization said current estimates indicate approximately 90 percent of Gaza’s buildings have already been destroyed during the war.

Nearly two million Palestinians now live in tents, beside rubble or inside damaged structures no longer considered safe for habitation.

The center further warned that areas where Palestinians are still permitted to remain have continued shrinking and now account for only around 35 percent of Gaza’s total territory.

It said continued reductions in available space raise concerns that conditions are being created to facilitate broader forced displacement plans.

The organization described the documented incidents and thousands of similar cases as part of a continuing process involving the destruction of conditions necessary for civilian life.

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New Aerial Images

Separate aerial imagery published Saturday offered additional visual evidence of large-scale destruction across southern Gaza.

Images taken through Google Earth Pro showed entire sections of Rafah and Khan Yunis flattened, with extensive areas appearing almost completely erased.

Homes, schools and service facilities were among the structures no longer visible in the latest images.

Observers said the images reflected a repeated pattern of widespread destruction extending beyond isolated targets and affecting entire urban areas, particularly Rafah.

Legal experts cited in the reports said the scale and repetition of destruction could raise serious questions under international humanitarian law, particularly regarding the targeting of civilian structures and proportionality standards.

Experts also noted that the imagery carries particular evidentiary value because it provides direct visual documentation of both the extent and nature of destruction across Gaza.

The rights organization called on the international community to take urgent action, pressure Israel to halt attacks on civilian homes and residential areas, ensure protection for Gaza’s population and facilitate the entry of emergency shelter materials alongside reconstruction efforts.

(Quds News, PC, Palestinian Media)