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The Israeli army has launched a major new offensive in northern Gaza,
besieging the Strip’s three northernmost cities and their
surroundings. Early Sunday morning, the army ordered the approximately
400,000 residents remaining in the north of the Strip to move to the
so-called “humanitarian area” in the south ahead of a new military
operation. Many refused to leave their homes, and residents of
Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahiya have been under intense
bombardment since Sunday afternoon, cut off from Gaza City to the
south as tanks and drones shoot at people who try to escape.
Over 120 Palestinians have already been killed in the area since the
latest operation began as a result of airstrikes, artillery fire, and
shooting by Israeli soldiers and quadcopter drones. No humanitarian
aid is entering the besieged areas, and Israel has bombed Jabalia’s
last functioning bakery.
The army has also ordered the evacuation of all medical staff and
patients from the three principal medical facilities in the area:
Kamal Adwan Hospital and the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya, and
Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia. Residents of Jabalia refugee camp, the
epicenter of the army’s current ground invasion, report that bodies
are strewn across the streets, with ambulances unable to retrieve
them.
“Quadcopter drones are hovering low over the streets, firing at
anything that moves,” Mohammed Shehab, a 27-year-old resident, told
+972 Magazine from inside the camp. “Snipers are positioned on
rooftops, targeting anyone who steps outside. At the same time,
soldiers and tanks have pushed into the camp, demolishing homes and
bulldozing roads and fields.”
The Israeli army, which has been exchanging fire with Hamas forces in
the area and has suffered multiple casualties, declared that the new
operation is designed to stamp out the group’s attempts to rebuild its operational capabilities in the north of the Strip. But the offensive
comes only weeks after reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
was considering a proposal, known as the Generals’ Plan, to ethnically
cleanse the entirety of northern Gaza through a campaign of starvation
and extermination. As such, there are widespread concerns — including
among Gazans who spoke to +972 — that Israel may now be putting that
plan into action.
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https://www.972mag.com/jabalia-camp-northern-gaza-siege/
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