DaysofPal- Palestinians in northern Gaza, about 400,000 people, are trapped, with the Israeli military not allowing anyone to leave the area despite issuing an evacuation order.
People are stuck in their homes and not getting any food, water supplies or other essentials. They’ve been cut off from the outside world and constantly bombarded.
At least 200 people have been killed since the beginning of this ground offensive earlier this month.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, reported that the Israeli army has instituted a “complete siege” on the northern Gaza Strip, effectively cutting it off from Gaza City and neighboring areas.
#GazaGenocide: Northern #Gaza is being annihilated by the Israeli army after 8-day of non-stop bombing and shelling pic.twitter.com/4bbeAxMzOZ
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Basal said that the Israeli blockade stretches from the al-Tawam area in the west to Salah al-Din Street in the east. He noted that armed drones and ground vehicles from the Israeli military are targeting anything that moves within these zones.
The Israeli army has reportedly damaged or destroyed most of the roads leading south from northern Gaza, rendering them “almost impossible” for passage. Since launching its ground offensive on Oct. 6, northern Gaza has endured over 100 aggressive strikes, with 50 occurring on the first day of the operation.
According to Basal, more than 120 Palestinians have been killed in these assaults, and the death toll is expected to rise as many bodies remain uncollected on the roads due to ongoing hostilities.
More than 70 bodies are still on the streets of Jabalia, Beit Lahiya, and Beit Hanoon as civil defense workers say they’re unable to retrieve them because of Israeli attacks.
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