Israel breaking international law with latest expulsion orders in Gaza, says UN

The UN Human Rights office has said Israel is violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under "mandatory evacuation orders".

The Israeli army has issued ten such orders across Gaza since resuming it's war on the enclave last week. 

"These evacuations fail to comply with the requirements of international humanitarian law," UN human rights spokesperson Thameen al-Kheetan said on Friday.

Israel's mission to the UN in Geneva did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

"Israel is not taking any measures to provide accommodation for the evacuated population, nor ensure that these evacuations are conducted in satisfactory conditions of hygiene, health, safety and nutrition," Kheetan said.

"We are deeply concerned about the shrinking space for civilians in Gaza who are being forcibly displaced by the Israeli army from large swathes of territory."

Over half of northern Gaza appears to be under expulsion orders, while those who have been newly displaced from Rafah in the south have been forced to go to al-Mawasi, an area which has frequently been bombed by Israeli forces.