Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on October 12, 2024. In recent days, the army has launched intense ground and air attacks in northern Gaza, especially in and around the city of Jabaliya. , Photo courtesy: AFP
Residents said Israeli forces increased their raids in northern Gaza and tanks reached the northern edge of Gaza City, attacking some districts of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, forcing many families to flee their homes.
Residents said Israeli forces have effectively isolated Beit Hanoun, Jabaliya and Beit Lahiya, in the enclave’s far north, from Gaza City, allowing them for families wishing to leave the three towns, following evacuation orders. Access between the two areas has been blocked except.
Gaza’s health ministry said dozens of Palestinians had been killed so far in eight days of Israeli incursions into the north, while dozens more died in the streets and under the debris of their homes, beyond the reach of medical teams. There is a possibility of going.
Many residents of Jabaliya posted on social media platforms: “We will not leave, we will die, and we will not leave.”
The northern part of Gaza, where more than half of the territory’s 2.3 million people live, was reduced to rubble by the bombing. The first phase of Israel’s attack on the area A year ago, after October. Terrorists carried out 7 attacks on Israeli cities, killing 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages.
A year after Israeli attacks that killed 42,000 Palestinians, hundreds of thousands of residents have returned to devastated northern areas. A week ago Israel sent troops back to root out the fighters and said they were regrouping for more attacks. Hamas denies that fighters operate among civilians.
The escalation in northern Gaza has coincided with a massive Israeli air strike and a ground campaign on a separate front in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah, which like Hamas is an ally of Iran.
“Since the world’s attention is focused on a possible Israeli attack against Lebanon and Iran, Israel is annihilating Jabaliya,” said Nasser, a resident of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
“The occupation is blowing up roads and destroying residential districts. People are not even getting anything to eat, they are trapped inside their homes, they are afraid,” he told Reuters via a chat app. That bombs may fall on their heads.”
The Israeli military said in a statement on Sunday that forces operating across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours attacked about 40 targets and killed dozens of militants.
“The forces of Division 162 continue operations in the Jabaliya area, in the last day the forces have killed dozens of terrorists and recovered explosives, weapons, grenades and other means of warfare in the area,” it said.
Hamas’s armed wing, Islamic Jihad, and smaller other factions said their fighters attacked Israeli forces in Jabaliya and surrounding areas with anti-tank rockets and mortar fire.
Palestinian and UN officials say there is no safe zone in Gaza. He also expressed concern over serious shortages of food, fuel and medical supplies in northern Gaza, saying there was a risk of famine.
Residents said some of the tank’s shells hit some streets in Sheikh Radwan, a suburb of Gaza City, with tanks reaching the edge of the area, causing panic among the population in the south.
published – October 13, 2024 03:36 PM IST