The Palestinians were seized by fear and anxiety Sunday after the Israeli army said that it was preparing for the forced trip of 1 million people from Gaza City.
The announcement occurred a few days after Israel said that it intended to launch a new offensive to take control of the largest urban center in the territory, in a plan that raised an international alarm, and before the latest FDI attacks in the Palestinian territory which, according to Gaza health officials.
“Based on the directives of the political leadership, and as part of the preparations for the Israeli defense forces to transfer civilians from the combat areas to the South Gaza Strip for their safety, from tomorrow (Sunday), the supply of tents and shelter equipment for the residents of Gaza will resume,” will read a Cogat declaration).
“The equipment will be transferred by the passage of Kerem Shalom by the United Nations and international rescue organizations, after having undergone an in-depth inspection by the Land Crossings Authority of the Ministry of Defense,” he added.
Meanwhile, new recordings broadcast by an Israeli television channel showed to the Israeli general who led military information on October 7, 2023 saying that 50 Palestinians “should die” for each person killed that day, and “it does not matter if they are children”. The chain said that unclean conversations had been recorded “in recent months”.
And in the United States, the State Department has announced that this would cease to deliver visas to Gaza children in a desperate need for medical care after an online pressure campaign of Laura Loomer, an far-right influencer close to Donald Trump who described himself as “a proud Islamophobic”.
After the announcement of Israel, the Palestinians in Gaza – moved several times, forced to live in tent camps or in the midst of the ruins of their houses, struck by hunger and deprived of medical supplies – are preparing for another humanitarian disaster as a new offensive would force them south of the territory and an uncertain future.
“We are already destroyed and exhausted, physically and psychologically, of the repeated displacement, of the lack of food and water,” said Akram Shlabia, 85, at the Guardian of the Shuja’iyya district of Gaza City. “And now they want us to go to the south. In nothingness, in the unknown, in a homeless place or the basic means of life, even safe. ”
“We will be confronted with many travel problems,” said Mazen Rasaneh, 40, from the Al-Tuffah district, who was moved six times during the war. “First of all, ensure a way to transport the necessary items such as a tent and other bases, and of course, many drivers will exploit people’s despair and increase prices, while people have no money to pay.
“The second problem is to find a place to install the tent and settle, as well as the difficulty of finding and providing water and food. Everything on the move suffers, in particular under our current conditions. ”
Some families have already started to move south to obtain a shelter in anticipation of a possible evacuation, while others contact parents to ask questions about the available space if the relocation plan takes place. However, many say that they will stay in Gaza City, declaring that they prefer to stay to face the difficulties of the trip.
“If the plan is made, I will look for a safe place for myself and my children in Gaza, and I will not plan to move south of the band,” said Asma al-Barawi, 34, from Al-Tuffah, the mother of seven children. “I am not left the first time, and I will not leave this time. The experiences and sufferings that I heard from the displaced who went south were harsh and unbearable. ”
“I lost everything because of this war,” she added. “I lost two of my brothers, two of my maternal aunts with their families, my cousin and my stepfather. And, I lost my new house, which I left with clothes. ”
In recent days, strong explosions have resulted in areas east of Gaza, where Israeli forces have intensified operations, including artillery dams and the start of a foray into the outskirts of the Sabra district.
On Saturday, a little girl and her parents were killed when an Israeli air strike struck a tent in Al-Muwasi, previously designated a humanitarian area by Israel, southern Gaza, officials and witnesses of Nasser hospital said.
“Two and a half months, what did she do?” A neighbor, Fathi Shubeir, asked. “These are civilians in an area safely designated.”
The Israeli army said that it could not comment on the strike without further details.
Al-Mowasi is now one of the most populous areas of Gaza after Israel has pushed people in the desolate area. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that Israel planned to expand his upcoming military offensive to include the region, with Gaza City and “Central Camps” – an apparent reference to the Nuseirat and Bureij Building refugee camps.
According to the civil defense agency, at least 13 of the Palestinians killed on Saturday were killed by troops while they were waiting to collect food aid near the distribution sites in the north and south.
There have also been 11 other deaths related to malnutrition in Gaza in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday, including at least one child. This brought deaths linked to malnutrition due to the Israeli blockade on aid at 251.
Meanwhile, Israel police have exploded crowds with water cannons and made dozens of arrests on Sunday while thousands of demonstrators in Jerusalem demanded an agreement to release hostages to Gaza. The demonstrators aimed to close the country with a one -day strike that blocked the roads and closed businesses.
Groups representing hostage families have organized the demonstrations as frustration develops in Israel for plans of the new military offensive, which, according to many, could further endanger the remaining hostages, of which about 20 are supposed to be still alive.
“We are not gaining war against the hostage bodies,” chanted the demonstrators in one of the most important and fierce demonstrations in 22 months of war.
The demonstrators gathered in dozens of places, including the houses of external politicians, the military seat and the main highways. They blocked tracks and lights of joy on. Police said they had arrested 38 people.
The military offensive of Israel killed at least 61,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, most civilians. The figure does not include the thousands of people who are buried under rubble or the thousands killed indirectly due to the war.
