Israel’s 3-week siege, attacks claim 1,000 lives in northern Gaza
The Israeli occupation army has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza, forcing half of the population to flee and leaving the other half trapped without water or food for nearly three weeks, the Palestinian Civil Defense announced on Sunday.
Mahmoud Bassal, a spokesman for Palestinian Civil Defense, said in a video shared on social media that the Israeli military has killed over 1,000 Palestinians during its three-week-long offensives in northern Gaza, which are still ongoing.
“More than 100,000 Palestinians in the areas of Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia are suffering from an Israeli siege and bombardment, while the other half of the population, which numbered around 200,000, has been forcibly displaced towards Gaza City, the closest governorate to the north,” Bassal told Anadolu.
People have been confirmed dead at northern Gaza hospitals, as well as on the streets and under the rubble, Bassal said.
“The Israeli army is killing anyone who tries to provide aid to the Palestinians trapped in the northern Gaza Strip, who are suffering from a lack of water, medicine, and food,” he said.
“The Israeli occupation is practicing a policy of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza amid international silence,” Bassal lamented.
He urged international and humanitarian organizations “to work immediately and urgently to save the Palestinians in northern Gaza.”
Since early October, Israel’s military has launched new ground operation in northern Gaza to stop what it calls Hamas regrouping there.
Israel’s strikes on Gaza, which began in October 2023, have claimed the lives of more than 43,000 people, mostly women and children.
The Israeli onslaught has also displaced almost the territory’s entire population amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.
Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.