The Israeli military has issued simultaneous evacuation orders for both northern and southern Gaza, giving hundreds of thousands of civilians one message: run, again. From Beit Hanoun in the north to Rafah in the south, the IDF is ordering entire populations to vacate cities and neighborhoods under threat of intensified bombing campaigns.

This is not a drill—it is the collapse of even the pretense of humanitarian concern. People are being told to flee from one ruined city to another, often with no shelter, no transport, and no food waiting for them. Israel claims these are “safety zones,” but no part of Gaza has proven safe—not the schools, not the hospitals, not the UN shelters. Each declared “humanitarian corridor” has too often been a corridor to nowhere.

In Rafah, tens of thousands are being forced from tents and crowded shelters they fled to weeks ago. These are the same areas Israeli officials previously pointed to as safe zones. Now, they are in the crosshairs. In Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, those who remained after previous assaults are now receiving fresh orders to leave—into what’s left of central Gaza, already overwhelmed with refugees and suffering under Israel’s ongoing blockade.

The humanitarian situation is catastrophic. The UN has closed its last bakeries. Aid groups warn that famine is imminent. Fuel and medicine are gone. With borders sealed and supplies choked off, every displacement order becomes an act of slow execution.

Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, have condemned the forced displacements as unlawful and cruel. There is no safe exit for Gaza’s civilians. There is no exit at all.

Starve here, or burn there. That’s the “choice” Israel has given to Palestinians in Gaza—again. The world, again, watches it happen.