Where Is Israel’s Humanitarian Zone in the Gaza Strip?

Israel is asking Palestinians to gather in what it calls a “humanitarian zone” in al-Mawasi, a stretch of palm-lined beach with little infrastructure in the southern Gaza Strip, where Israeli officials say civilians [can receive humanitarian aid](https://ift.tt/lKUZNMC) brought over the border from Egypt. **What does the U.N. say?** U.N. aid officials say the area is too small and too barren to accommodate Israel’s demand to set up camps for tens if not hundreds of thousands of people. Senior U.N. officials called the exodus from northern Gaza an act of forced displacement, and have said that civilians should be allowed to remain where they live.