OHCHR recalled that most of the residents of Gaza had already been displaced, people had the right to return home.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned Israel against forcibly transferring the population. Israeli officials had earlier urged Gazans to relocate to other countries.
The OHCHR noted that 85% of the city's residents are already internally displaced and cannot be relocated to or deported from the occupied territory. These people have the right to return home.
The United States earlier expressed doubts that Israel would be able to fully cope with Hamas: it is possible to eliminate the threat, but it is not possible to destroy the ideology and the movement itself.