Israel forces the Palestinians in northern Gaza to ‘certain death’: Palestine

ISTANBUL

Israel is forcing Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip into “certain death” amid its deadly offensive and siege of the area, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned on Sunday.

“The occupying army is forcing residents of northern Gaza to either flee under bombardment or be killed, in what appears to be a circle of certain death,” the ministry said in a statement.

“Genocide is unfolding in northern Gaza in its clearest form, in full view of the world, characterized by siege, famine, forced displacement, destruction of buildings, aerial bombardment, attacks on health centers and mass killings,” the ministry added.

The ministry said the international community’s failure to stop this “war of extermination has emboldened Israel to continue its deadly campaign.”

The Israeli army has continued a major offensive, now in its 16th day, in northern Gaza amid a suffocating siege of the area.

The offensive was the latest episode in Israel’s brutal assault, which has killed more than 42,600 people, mostly women and children, and injured 99,800 others since a Hamas attack last year.

The Israeli attack has displaced almost the entire population of Gaza amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel is facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice over its actions in Gaza.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi

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