The United Nations said today (Sunday) that the Israeli army has warned new areas, including about 25% of the Gaza Strip, of forced evacuation in the past two days.

The Israeli army published on the Internet a detailed map, dividing the Gaza Strip into hundreds of small areas, with the aim of what it said was to facilitate orders to evacuate specific areas before targeting them.

One of the areas designated for evacuation includes towns east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, namely (Al-Qarara, Khuza’a, Abasan, and Bani Suhaila), whose residents were ordered to move south to Rafah.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that the aforementioned areas threatened with evacuation represent 19% of the area of the Gaza Strip (69 square kilometers) and were home to about 352,000 people before the start of the Israeli war.

The Israeli army also issued an order to evacuate the eastern parts of Gaza City (Al-Shuja'iya, Al-Zaytoun, and the Old City) and Jabalia in northern Gaza, for evacuation towards the western areas of Gaza City.

According to OCHA, these areas cover about 6% of the Gaza Strip, and were home to about 415,000 people, many of whom have already been evacuated.

Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraee, on his account on the (X) platform this morning, repeated his call to residents of several areas in eastern Khan Yunis to evacuate their residential areas and go to alternative areas.

The United Nations estimates that about 1.8 million people in Gaza, or nearly 80 percent of the population, have become internally displaced.

Nearly 1.1 million displaced people have been registered in 156 facilities affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) throughout Gaza, of whom about 86% are registered in 99 UNRWA shelters in the south.

Another 191,000 displaced people are estimated to be staying in 124 public schools and hospitals, as well as in other places such as wedding halls, offices and community centers, while families host the rest.

OCHA stated that due to overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions in UNRWA shelters in the south, there have been significant increases in some infectious diseases and conditions such as diarrhea, acute respiratory infections, skin infections and hygiene-related conditions, along with disease outbreaks, including hepatitis.

The UN office warned of concerns about vulnerable groups of people suffering from difficult shelter conditions, including people with disabilities. Women who are pregnant, have recently given birth, or are breastfeeding; People recovering from injuries or surgeries; and those who suffer from a weak immune system.