behind what is happening in North Gaza A long story, the chapters of which began on October 6, when the Israeli army announced the start of a new phase in the war.
The Israeli army ordered the residents to evacuate immediately and head towards the south of the Gaza Strip, and its stated goal was to prevent the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) To rehabilitate itself, to immediately begin implementing a military operation in the region.
The residents of northern Gaza initially refused Military campaignToday, their estimated number is about 200 thousand people, they have been displaced from their areas of residence, and they believe that not leaving their homes will fail Israel’s plan to control the north.
However, the occupation sought, through various means, to force civilians in northern Gaza to displace, by imposing a comprehensive siege, preventing the flow of water, food, and the flow of medicine to hospitals, and then preventing fuel from health facilities. These conditions forced the people to flee and search for a place where they could survive.
They went out describing what they left behind as the worst since the beginning of the war, and that corpses were scattered on the roads, being eaten by dogs.
“Every second we hear explosions, tanks fire shells, helicopters fire, and the march bombs human gatherings.”
The United Nations describes what is happening in northern Gaza as horrors beyond description, and UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini says: “North Gaza has been wiped off the map. What the Israeli army is asking for is not evacuation but forced displacement. The horrific acts of death confirm this.”
The Commissioner-General expressed his belief that 100,000 residents of Jabalia are besieged, and said that the agency was unable to bring any supplies in to them, and that no aid had reached them for 3 weeks.
For her part, paramedic Nevin Al-Dawasa – who witnessed the Israeli army’s bombing of an UNRWA shelter center in Jabalia camp – said that the Israeli army did not give the displaced people enough time to leave before bombing them, which led to the death of 10 people and the injury of more than 30 others, most of them children. .
Israel refuses to comment on the genocide and the goal of displacing the population of northern Gaza, and also reserves reservations to answer any questions related to the implementation of the generals’ plan that aims to transform that area into a military barracks.
The occupation has continued its extensive and continuous military operations around the clock for more than 21 days, and the residents of that area believe that the goal of these operations is to displace them.
Here it must be noted that the North Gaza Governorate is a small part of the northern half of the Strip, and from it the Hamas movement launched to carry out the attack on October 7, 2023.
The governorate is located near Israel. It is a small area of no more than 61 square kilometers, and was inhabited before October 7 by about 27 thousand people. It includes Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, Jabalia, Jabalia camp, and some villages and small neighborhoods.