Egeland compares Gaza to the total destruction of Stalingrad during World War II. – The total destruction I have seen in Gaza this week is worse than I could ever imagine as an aid worker, says Egeland. He tells of huge urban areas that have been razed to the ground and of a Gaza that has become completely uninhabitable. The towns of Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia have become the epicenter of a massive Israeli offensive that began on October 5. Israeli soldiers backed by tanks attack Hamas fighters who are waging a guerrilla war in completely destroyed streets and bombed out buildings in northern Gaza. The seven-year-old is one of the refugees from Gaza City, the most war-torn city in Gaza. Photo: Amjad Al Fayoumi/NRC / Amjad Al Fayoumi/NRC People are forcibly evacuated, and hardly any emergency aid or medicine has arrived recently. – I have met desperate people who have fled from the zone that the Israelis have now besieged. There is no help coming in, says Egeland. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks. – Apocalyptic The top commanders in the UN call the situation apocalyptic and the darkest chapter in the Gaza war so far. – The area has been under siege for almost a month, and the population is being denied emergency aid and medicine, while the bomb attacks continue, says a joint statement from the heads of Unicef, the World Food Program and other UN organisations. People are fleeing Jabalia in northern Gaza. Photo: Mahmoud Issa / Reuters The USA issued an ultimatum that there would be consequences for arms aid if emergency aid was not increased. According to the Norwegian Refugee Council, the number of trucks with food and medicine has decreased. Emergency aid work is difficult. – The population is being starved, mostly in the north, where there is pure suffocation of both civilians and the Hamas fighters who are there, says Egeland. The Israeli army denies to news that they do not allow emergency aid into northern Gaza. They also stress that they are allowing aid to enter the Jabalia area. People killed since 7 October 2023 Close Sources: Hamas-controlled health authorities in Gaza / UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) / Israeli authorities Disclaimer: Figures from Hamas-controlled health authorities in Gaza do not distinguish between civilians and combatants, and may periodically be late. Figures from Israeli authorities show that around 1,200 civilians and soldiers were killed in connection with the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. 368 Israeli soldiers have been killed since October 27, 2023. None of the figures have been confirmed by independent sources. The Palestinian figures are updated daily. Figures from Israel are updated at least twice a week. Close More information about the numbers Want local people out “To all of you who are still in your homes or in refugee camps: you are risking your life. For your own safety, go south” is written on leaflets that Israel drops over northern Gaza. Palestinians fear ethnic cleansing. Many believe Israel will create a buffer zone between Gaza and Israel. The Israeli army claims it is evacuating people so that they will not come into the line of fire between Israeli forces and Hamas. The Israeli army (IDF) tells news that they are doing several things to minimize the damage to civilians in northern Gaza. They say they warn the population and they remove the non-combatants from the combat zone. The IDF further states that it is not true that the inhabitants of northern Gaza should not be allowed to move back again. According to Israel, hundreds of armed Palestinians have been killed in the Jabalia area in the past month. It is unclear how many civilians remain in northern Gaza. Local authorities suggest that it could be around 100,000. This means that half of the population has fled. Attack on hospital At the same time, the only hospital that has so far functioned in the area has been shelled by Israeli forces, according to Palestinian health authorities. – The situation is catastrophic for both patients and staff, says hospital director Hossam Abu Safieh at the Kamal Adwan hospital to Reuters. A video on his Instagram account shows children being brought to safety as it explodes around them. According to the hospital director, it was the hospital’s water tank that was attacked on Tuesday. Arrested health workers Doctors and health workers at the hospital have also been arrested, among them a doctor from Doctors Without Borders. Israel claims Hamas is hiding both soldiers and military equipment in the hospital, and says its offensive is aimed at “terrorists and terrorist infrastructure”. This is what it looked like at the Kamal Adwan hospital after the Israeli soldiers withdrew. Photo: – / AFP According to the Israeli army, they arrested 100 Hamas fighters, who they believed had dressed up as health workers and that they found both weapons and ammunition. This is rejected by the hospital and local Palestinian authorities, who believe Israel has no evidence. Ceasefire a long way off Before the presidential election in the United States, the Americans tried to push for a ceasefire, but without success. At the same time as the war in Gaza, Israel is waging war against Iran and its supporter Hezbollah in Lebanon. To deter Iran, they have sent more warships and B52 bombers, in addition to the aircraft carriers already in the region. The Israeli army says it has not finished the job of crushing Hamas and there are still a few more weeks to go. The army says it has killed and captured hundreds of Hamas fighters. At least 17 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the past month. Published 07.11.2024, at 11.50
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