Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel has declared most of Gaza as no-go zones, forcing exiles in the attacks and blocking all humanitarian blocks.
Israel has restricted access to Gaza to 70% of Palestinians, according to the United Nations Humanitarian Cooperative Association (OCHA) by declaring large areas as no-go zones or issuing a relocation order.
In southern Gaza, many of the Governor Rafa have been declared no-go zones and have been placed under forced displacement orders by Israeli forces since late March. In the north, almost all of Gaza city have received similar orders, with only small pockets in the northwest still being exempt. The entire region is declared as a restricted zone along the eastern side of Shujayaia district and along the Israeli border.
The animated map below shows how Israeli troops have expanded their forced evacuation orders since violating the ceasefire on March 18th.
Israel’s plan to take over Gaza
On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said more than 2 million people in Gaza would “movement” in a new ground attack involving Israeli forces who will establish a “sustainable presence” in Gaza and seize and hold the territory.
This follows unanimous approval by Netanyahu’s Cabinet, which calls 60,000 reserves to manage Israeli forces to provide food and other essential supplies to Gaza’s hungry population.
Israel prioritizes territorial control
A report from Deia El Bala in central Gaza said Al Jazeera correspondent Tarek Abu Azum saw Palestinians attacking Israel’s ground in Gaza, viewing much of its territory’s landscape as a form of collective punishment and an attempt to change Gaza’s demographics and political maps.
Many Palestinians understood that Israel prioritized territorial control over political solutions, and shared fear and panic about the possibility that many would not be able to return home.
They also believe that Israel is not only trying to dismantle Hamas’ military capabilities, but as Israeli military spokesman and Netanyahu state, they are trying to empty Gaza for its residents.
Israel does this using humanitarian language along with military tactics, including the spread of attacks, to grasp the flow of aid to Gaza.
However, among many Palestinians there was a general and clear sentiment of rebellion. Social media is filled with messages of resilience, and people say they will not leave Gaza no matter what the cost is.
Gaza faces the “extreme risk of hunger”
The Palestinian Red Crescent Association (PRCS) says Gaza faces “extreme risks of hunger” that are not remaining in the food and aid distribution centres that are left in the market.
Israeli human rights group B’tselem has accused Israel of “using hunger as a way of war” in Gaza. Half of those hungry for Israel are children, a prominent rights group said.
“[On] With the latest update, the population, the nutrition front, is once again facing extreme risks of hunger.”
“We cannot meet even the minimal daily needs of more than a million displaced people,” he said.
Food inventory from PRCS allocated to displaced people is currently “completely exhausted”, with “limited amounts of legumes” being “distributed to community kitchens to cover some of the basic needs of displaced people.”
Since Israel breached a nearly two-month ceasefire with Hamas on March 18, its troops have killed at least 2,459 Palestinians in Gaza, bringing the total number of confirmed kills in the besieged strip to 52,567.
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