The Israeli military is carrying out a widespread operation in northern Gaza, issuing evacuation orders and blocking food supplies, just weeks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reported to be mulling a plan to besiege the area to starve Hamas and force it to release hostages. <\/p>\n
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) this week launched the operation following intelligence that it said showed \u201cthe presence of terrorists and terror infrastructure in the area of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, as well as efforts by Hamas to rebuild its operational capabilities in the area.\u201d In practice, the renewed offensive has been far more widespread than the Jabalya refugee camp. <\/p>\n
The operation comes at a time when the Israeli government is known to be considering several plans to reset the war in Gaza. <\/p>\n
Eiland last month proposed forcing all civilians out of northern Gaza, including Gaza City, and then cutting off all supplies to the area. The goal, he said, was to force a reset in the war and upend Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar\u2019s calculus. \u201cThe reality today in Gaza is that Sinwar is really not stressed,\u201d he said in a video released at the time. <\/p>\n
On Monday, the Israeli military\u2019s Arabic-language spokesperson ordered all Palestinians in Gaza\u2019s northern-most communities \u2013\u202fBeit\u202fHanoun, Jabalya, and Beit Lahia \u2013\u202fto leave and relocate to Al Mawasi, an Israel-declared \u201chumanitarian area\u201d in southern Gaza that has nonetheless come under intense aerial bombardment for months. <\/p>\n
The military on Saturday added additional mandatory evacuation zones, dropping flyers and posting on X, ordering people in the Nazla area and more areas of Jabalya to leave. <\/p>\n
The military \u201cis operating with great force against terrorist organizations and will continue to do so for an extended period,\u201d Avichay Adraee said on X. \u201cYou must evacuate the area immediately via Salah al-Din Street to the humanitarian zone.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cVirtually the entire area is under evacuation orders, and thousands of families have been forced to flee amid intense airstrikes and military operations on the ground,\u201d WFP said in a statement on Wednesday. \u201cWith the main aid crossings into northern Gaza closed and WFP-partner kitchens forced to shut down, WFP is no longer able to distribute food in any form to families that desperately need it.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cEven the basic necessities of life for the besieged people are unavailable,\u201d Ibrahim said. \u201cThere is no safe drinking water, no adequate or healthy food, no medicine, no treatment, and no hospitals. They are working at minimum capacity and are exhausted. Even the safe places are bombed with shells and rockets.\u201d <\/p>\n
Dr. Hussam Abu Saifiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, said the facility was informed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Tuesday that medical staff and patients must evacuate the hospital \u201cwithin 24 hours.\u201d They were not told where to go, he said. Al Awda and the Indonesian hospitals have also been ordered to leave, according to local officials. Hospital officials say Israel\u2019s intense bombardment of the area makes it impossible to leave safely. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, seven attempts this week by the World Health Organization to reach northern Gaza were \u201cdenied or impeded,\u201d Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe team was unable to carry out the medical evacuation of critical patients from Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda and Indonesian hospitals to Al-Ahli and Al-Shifa, due to delays of over 10 hours at checkpoints,\u201d he said in a statement on X. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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