Gaza: Media advisor to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, Adnan Abu Hasna has raised alarm over Israel’s reported plans to establish what it calls a “humanitarian city” in southern Gaza, warning that the initiative is essentially a blueprint for mass internment camps.

According to Oman News Agency, Abu Hasna noted that Israel has been methodically laying the groundwork for such a plan through the establishment of aid distribution points in southern Gaza. He stated that Israel is now openly declaring its intent to forcibly displace the population of Gaza into collective detention camps in Rafah, as a prelude to their expulsion from Palestinian land.

He further warned that this development indicates Israel’s ongoing commitment to the forced transfer of Gaza’s population, expressing deep concern over the extreme pressure being exerted on Palestinians. Abu Hasna highlighted the total collapse of the healthcare system, absence of aid, and depletion of fuel as tactics being weaponized to coerce the population into voluntary displacement.

Abu Hasna also cautioned that the proposed humanitarian zone is incapable of accommodating Gaza’s 2 million residents within just 60 square kilometers of devastated land. He described the area as uninhabitable and lacking any semblance of life or future.

He urged the international community to intervene immediately to halt what he described as a dangerous and deliberate attempt to forcibly displace Palestinians under the guise of humanitarian relief.