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On September 4, 2025, Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin announced that the IDF controlled about 40% of Gaza City and ordered all civilians to evacuate. Why did the International Committee of the Red Cross describe these mass evacuation orders as "unfeasible and incomprehensible" under current conditions?

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Mass evacuation would trigger population movement that Gaza cannot absorb given widespread destruction and shortages. Many residents are too starving, injured or disabled to comply physically.

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