[News] Israel attacks displacement shelters to force Palestinians to southern Gaza

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 Israel attacks displacement shelters to force Palestinians to southern Gaza

*Israel is ethnically cleansing the central neighborhood of Zeitoun in Gaza
by bombing homes and displacement centres.*
[image: A Palestinian man carries the body of a child.]
A Palestinian man carries the body of his seven-year-old nephew killed in
an Israeli air attack, according to the family, at al-Shifa Hospital in
Gaza City, on August 16, 2025 [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Published On 19 Aug 2025 -
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Since announcing plans to invade northern Gaza and expel Palestinians again
to the south, Israel has attacked displacement shelters in the Gaza City
neighbourhood of Zeitoun, according to an investigation by Sanad, Al
Jazeera’s verification unit.

Since August 13, Sanad has found that Israel stepped up the bombardment and
shelling of Zeitoun, and often directly hit displacement shelters.

The siege and ongoing violence have compelled thousands of Palestinians to
close their tents in the camps and flee further south, according to
satellite imagery obtained by Sanad.
[image: INTERACTIVE - Israel pushing people south-1755592754]Israel is
deliberately pushing people south as part of its invasion of northern Gaza
(Al Jazeera)

The indiscriminate bombardment of civilian homes and displacement shelters
is part of a broad pattern of Israeli war tactics that make no distinction
between civilians and fighters.

Human rights groups, United Nations experts and numerous legal scholars
believe Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza amounts to genocide.

Israel’s Western allies – who have long defended it from criticism by
claiming it has the “right to defend itself” – are becoming increasingly
alarmed at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the enclave.

Many are calling on Israel to end the war and warning that its plan to
seize northern Gaza could further exacerbate the suffering of civilians.
The mass displacement and bombardment of Zeitoun encapsulate the atrocities
resulting from Israel’s invasion.
[image: INTERACTIVE - Destruction of Zeitoun neighbourhood-1755592745]Israel
attacking displacement camps in Zeitoun (Al Jazeera)Attacking shelters

There are about 11 displacement shelters in Zeitoun, each sheltering 4,000
to 4,500 besieged and hungry Palestinians.

Most live on just 3.2sq km (1.2sq miles), which makes up just 32 percent of
the pre-war size of Zeitoun.

At the start of the war, Israel dug trenches in and around the
neighbourhood, claiming it was creating a ‘buffer zone”, and built the
Netzarim Corridor, which has split Gaza into two zones.
[image: INTERACTIVE - Shelters in Zeitoun neighbourhood-1755592771][Al
Jazeera]

Israel’s recent bombardment of the neighbourhood is terrifying civilians
into fleeing south, leading to another cycle of forced displacement that
may amount to ethnic cleansing due to Israel’s attempt to destroy all
livable facilities and structures.

An Al Jazeera journalist on the ground recently captured footage of Israel
firing a missile directly at a home in Zeitoun.

While it is unclear whether anyone was inside, it is clear that all
structures are being levelled, possibly to make it more difficult for any
survivors to try to relocate to the area.

According to Sanad, there is clear evidence that Israel is pursuing that
policy in and around Zeitoun. Between August 11 and 16, sources documented
Israel’s attack on al-Falah School in Zeitoun and a tent camp on
al-Lababidi Street.

Both the Majida al-Wasila school in the Nassr neighbourhood and tents in
the Sheikh Ajilin neighbourhood were also hit.

This pattern of direct attacks on tents and school shelters – the last
refuge for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians – may amount to war crimes
and crimes against humanity, since these structures are protected under
international humanitarian law.
[image: INTERACTIVE - Schools sheltering displaced
people-1755592762]INTERACTIVE
– Schools sheltering displaced people-1755592762 (Al Jazeera)
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