Residents said Israeli forces The cities of Beit Hanoun, Jabalia, and Beit Lahia in the far north of the Strip were effectively isolated from Gaza CityMovement between the two areas was prohibited except after obtaining a permit from the Israeli authorities for families wishing to leave the three towns in compliance with evacuation orders.
She said Ministry of Health In Gaza, the Israeli incursions that have been ongoing for 8 days in the northern Gaza Strip have so far resulted in the death of dozens of Palestinians, and it is feared that dozens more have died on the roads and under the rubble of their homes without medical teams being able to reach them.
A number of Jabalia residents wrote on social media, “We will not leave. We will die and we will not leave.”
The northern part of Gaza, which is inhabited by more than half of the Strip’s population of 2.3 million people, was subjected to comprehensive Israeli bombing in the first phase of the conflict. Attack on the sector Which began a year ago following an October 7 attack on Israeli towns carried out by Palestinian militants, which Israel says resulted in the deaths of 1,200 people and the taking of 250 hostages.
A year later Israeli attacks The ongoing conflict, which has so far killed about 42,000 Palestinians, according to health authorities in Gaza, hundreds of thousands of residents have returned to the devastated northern areas.
A week ago, Israel sent forces again to the northern Gaza Strip, saying this was aimed at eliminating fighters who were regrouping to launch more attacks. Movement is denied agitation Its fighters carry out operations while among civilians.
Nasser, a resident, said Beit Lahia In the northern Gaza Strip, at a time when the world is turning its attention to… Lebanon Possibility of occurrence Israel By hitting IranIsrael is annihilating Jabalia.
He added that the forces Israeli occupation It bombs houses and residential blocks, indicating that the residents do not find anything to eat, and they are trapped inside their homes and are afraid that at any moment shells may rain down on them.
And he said Israeli army In a statement on Sunday, the forces deployed throughout the Gaza Strip attacked about 40 targets and killed dozens of militants during the past 24 hours.
The two armed wings of Hamas and…Islamic jihad Other smaller factions said their fighters attacked Israeli forces in Jabalia and neighboring areas with anti-tank missiles and mortar shells.
Palestinian officials and the United Nations say there are no safe areas in Gaza. They also expressed concerns about severe shortages of food, fuel and medical supplies in the northern Gaza Strip and said the threat of famine looms there.
Residents said that tank shells fell in some streets of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, where tanks reached the outskirts of the area, causing panic to spread among residents in the south.
Media sources in Gaza said that nearly 300 Palestinians have been killed in the northern Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli military operation 9 days ago.
A family of 8 members was killed
On Sunday, Palestinian medical officials said that an attack was launched by Israel on the center Gaza Strip It resulted in the killing of a family of 8 at a time when Israeli forces were fighting Palestinian militants and demanding the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from the northern Gaza Strip, according to the Associated Press.
The attack launched by Israel on Gaza late on Saturday evening hit a house in Nuseirat camp of refugees, killing the parents and their six children, whose ages ranged between 8 and 23 years, according to what was announced. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah Nearby, where the bodies were transferred.
The hospital stated that 7 other people were injured, including two women and a child in critical condition. An Associated Press reporter counted the bodies and photographed the funeral prayer held at the hospital.
Israel is pressing for a complete evacuation of the northern Gaza Strip.
