![Civil defense teams and Palestinian residents launched a search and rescue operation after the Israeli army attack on a school affiliated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza on September 26, 2024. [Dawoud Abo Alkas - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AA-20240926-35744890-35744870-ISRAELI_ATTACKS_CONTINUE_ON_GAZA.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
The Israeli occupation army launched extensive attacks in the northern Gaza Strip, targeting homes and shelters by burning and bombing them, civil defence teams have said.
Spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said that the intensive Israeli attacks aim to displace residents from northern Gaza and empty urban areas.
He explained that what is happening in the city of Jabalia is “ethnic cleansing and the elimination of all the elements of life.”
Basal noted that the bodies of dozens of Palestinians still remain under the rubble as a result of the intensive Israeli bombing in the north, increasing the scale of the humanitarian disaster witnessed by the region.
On 6 October, the Israeli army announced the start of its invasion of the northern Gaza Strip under the pretext of “preventing Hamas from regaining its strength in the area”. The Palestinians say that Israel wants to occupy the governorate and displace its residents.
Since then it has tightened its siege on the area banning the entry of food, water and medicines.
Read: Deaths reported as Israel shells Palestinian shelters in northern Gaza
Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. If the image(s) bear our credit, this license also applies to them. What does that mean? For other permissions, please contact us.
