B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights group, called on the global community to intervene as Israel carries out ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza, which it says has been in “complete siege” since Israel began carrying out operations there earlier this month.
Israel ordered the evacuation of northern Gaza on Sunday and reports out of the country indicated that the IDF appears to be kicking off its “general’s plan,” which was cooked up by retired generals and involves the ethnic cleansing of the region.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering plans that would force the removal of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from northern Gaza under the auspices of employing a siege to force Hamas to release the remaining 101 hostages, according to a report.
The risk of famine in Gaza has increased over the last few months and the world’s top food agency said it is only able to deliver half of what is needed to feed half the population in the war-torn enclave.
Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli foreign minister, repeated the call to rebuild settlements in Gaza during a meeting with settlers in the southern kibbutz of Nitzan, according to a report.
Abdallah al-Dardari, a UN assistant secretary-general, said the level of destruction in Gaza is something not seen since 1945.
With each passing day, it is becoming clearer that Israel’s goal in Gaza is to reoccupy the territory, and deport the 2.1 million Palestinians in the enclave, according to a report last week in The Los Angeles Times.
Israel struck Rafah’s largest residential tower last week, claiming that Hamas has been using the 14-story building to conduct military activities.
Top Israelis joined a rally on Sunday in occupied East Jerusalem calling for new Israeli settlements in Gaza because they said without these new outposts, there can be no real security in Israel after the 7 October Hamas attack.
The greatest victim of Israel’s U.S.-approved genocide in Gaza continues to be children.