Gaza forcible evictions ‘unacceptable’, says Turkey

Turkey has called Israel’s demand to forcibly evict more than a million Palestinians from northern Gaza to the south within 24 hours “in no way acceptable”.

Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “The forcing of the 2.5 million people of Gaza, who have been subjected to indiscriminate bombing for days and who have been deprived of electricity, water and food, to migrate in an extremely limited area is a clear violation of international law and has no place in humanity.

“We expect Israel to immediately reverse this grave mistake and immediately end its brutal and wholesale actions against the civilian population in Gaza.”