The United Nations warns that the “nature and scope” of Israeli evacuation orders to civilians in Gaza “raises serious concerns that Israel intends permanently to remove the civilian population” from some areas in order to “create a so-called buffer zone”. “Permanently displacing the civilian population within occupied territory amounts to forcible transfer,” says UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani, adding this amounts to a “crime against humanity”. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES COMPLETE VIDI39YR3G2_EN