DaysofPal- Israeli media revealed that the Israeli government declared to cut off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza, aiming at forcing large-scale displacement of some 1 million people living in the city.
The Israeli plan includes halting aid airdrops entirely within the next few days and stopping the already limited humanitarian convoys entering by land.
Officials reportedly believe that depriving the north of food, medicine, and basic necessities will create unbearable conditions for civilians, pressuring the estimated 1 million residents of Gaza City and surrounding areas to flee southward.
The strategy, analysts say, forms part of the broader Israeli military plan of emptying Gaza City by forcibly displacing its people and destroying the city.
Human rights organizations warn that such Israeli policy amounts to the use of starvation and forced displacement as tools of war, which are considered war crimes under international law.
Humanitarian agencies have already raised alarm over the situation, where the UN and NGOs operating in Gaza stress that northern Gaza is facing near-famine conditions, with families surviving on scraps of animal feed, untreated water, and minimal medical care due to the collapse of hospitals.
Aid organizations have repeatedly cautioned that any further restrictions will trigger mass civilian deaths.
Sources within Gaza also report that Israeli occupation forces have targeted civilians waiting for aid trucks and convoys in multiple incidents, killing and injuring thousands of them, further deepening fears that humanitarian access is being weaponized.
The move comes as part of what observers describe as the Israeli strategy of “pressure by attrition”, deliberately making areas uninhabitable to push residents into smaller, overcrowded zones in southern Gaza, particularly Rafah and Khan Younis.
However, officials in those areas warn that they are already beyond capacity, with hundreds of thousands of people living in tents and makeshift shelters.
International legal experts argue that the deliberate deprivation of aid to induce displacement amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, which were already labeled against the Israeli occupation at the International Court of Justice.
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