1. Scope of Analysis................................................................................2
2. Summary of Findings.............................................................................2
3. Definitions.....................................................................................3
4. Background......................................................................................4
5. Methodology.....................................................................................8
6. Findings of Study..............................................................................10
6.1. Evacuation Orders: A ‘Cartographic Terror’...............................................10
6.1.1. Phases of ‘Evacuation Orders’........................................................10
6.1.1.1. Phase 1: Evacuating All Residents in ‘Northern Gaza’ (13 October - 24 November 2023)....11
6.1.1.2. Phase 2: The ‘Evacuation Grid’ (1 December 2023 - Ongoing).......................17
6.1.1.3. Phase 3: Forceful Evacuation of the ‘Safe Zones’ (22 January 2024 - Ongoing).....23
6.1.2. Dissemination During Telecommunication Blackouts.....................................27
6.1.3. Unclear and Inconsistent Instructions................................................29
6.1.4. ‘Evacuation Orders’ as Facilitating Displacement, Fatalities, and Genocidal Acts.....37
6.2. ‘Safe Zones’ and ‘Safe Corridors’........................................................53
6.2.1. Boundaries of ‘Safe Zones’: Elastic, Unclear and Inconsistent.........................53
6.2.2. Direct Attacks on Designated ‘Safe Zones’ and ‘Safe Corridors’........................57
6.2.3. Attacking Hospitals and Schools as Shelters: Double Impact of Denying Medical Aid and Producing Forced Displacement.......................67
7. About Forensic Architecture....................................................................78
8. Forensic Architecture’s History in Legal/Political Processes...................................79
