Israel has terrorised the population of northern Gaza, killing dozens of people every day [Getty]
Palestinians on Thursday described a “real life horror movie” in the Gaza Strip’s north as ferocious Israeli air strikes continued across the devastated territory, a day after a ceasefire began in neighbouring Lebanon.
Israel on October 6 began an intensive siege and air and ground attacks in Jabalia and then expanded it to Beit Lahia.
It is believed to be implementing a “General’s Plan” designed to kill, starve, and expel the remaining inhabitants of north Gaza
“We are living in a real life horror movie, the situation is indescribable, the Israeli bombing doesn’t stop from the air or on the ground,” said Umm Ahmad Lubbad, 52, from Beit Lahia.
She told AFP by phone that she was scared to leave her house, but that she would go if the Israeli army asked people to evacuate their homes.
“We don’t know where we will go exactly,” she added.
Abu Muhammad Al-Madhoun, displaced from Jabalia camp to the central Gaza Strip, said said the situation was “catastrophic”.
“It is getting worse every day,” he said, adding: “The bombing does not stop.”
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon on Tuesday, he vowed to “intensify” pressure on Gaza.
The Gaza health ministry said at least 37 people were killed on Thursday across the territory by Israeli air strikes.
Hossam Abu Safiyeh, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north, described the situation there as a “tragic and very difficult”.
“The occupation (Israel) does not allow anything to be brought into the area. The targeting has not stopped around the hospital,” he said.
The hospital is one of only two still functioning, and only partially, in the region north of Gaza City. It has come under relentless attack by Israel, with staff and patients killed, wounded, and detained.
Hospitals in the Palestinian territory have been hit multiple times since the outbreak of Israel’s war on Gaza
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, said on X that “the ongoing military operation in northern Gaza has uprooted 130,000 people”.
The agency, UNRWA, said in a separate post that “the conditions for survival (in northern Gaza) are diminishing for the 65,000-75,000 people estimated to remain there”.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 44,330 people, according to the territory’s health ministry. Around 70 percent are believed to be women and children.
