Israel orders 14 Gaza neighborhoods to evacuate amid genocide

The Israeli military has issued forced expulsion orders for residents of large areas of northern Gaza, as the regime intensifies its deadly air and artillery strikes across the besieged territory.

The Israeli occupation army on Thursday issued evacuation orders for residents of 14 neighborhoods in Northern Gaza, warning them of imminent bombings and destruction.

An army spokesperson warned that the areas were now “considered dangerous combat zones,” as the Israeli army is set to “significantly expand” its offensive in the areas.

Local Palestinian media reports recently said that the number of Palestinians who were forced to move from the north of the Gaza Strip to its southern part had exceeded 400,000.

Israel has meanwhile kept up its bombardment, with Gaza’s civil defense agency reporting dozens of people had been killed in Israeli attacks on Thursday.

Since dawn, at least 52 Palestinians have been killed, pushing the daily toll to 107. Also, Israeli tanks targeted the medical supply warehouse of Al-Awda Hospital in the north.

Gaza’s health ministry said Thursday that 107 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 247 people were injured.

“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

Gaza’s health ministry said on Thursday that at least 3,613 people have been killed since Israel resumed strikes on March 18.

The Israeli prime minister and internationally wanted war criminal  Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed that his military aimed to bring the entire besieged territory under its control.

Netanyahu sets displacement of Palestinians as ‘condition’ to end  Gaza war

Netanyahu, in a televised speech on Wednesday night, announced that implementing a US plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza is a “clear condition” for lifting the siege of the strip.

“Gaza is totally disarmed, and we carry out the Trump plan. A plan that is so correct and so revolutionary,” Netanyahu said

This came after Trump doubled down on his scheme to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians during his recent visit to some Arab states of the Persian Gulf region, insisting that the besieged strip be turned into a “freedom zone.”

“Gaza has been a territory of death and destruction for many years,” Trump said. “I have concepts for Gaza that I think are very good – make it a freedom zone. Let the United States get involved and make it just a freedom zone.”

Meanwhile, the UN has confirmed that Israel is still blocking food from entering the blockaded region, with only five trucks of aid reaching Gaza by Tuesday afternoon, two of which were reportedly carrying shrouds instead of food and medicine.

Despite Israeli assurances that humanitarian aid would reach Palestinians, Gaza’s Government Media Office earlier confirmed that the Israeli army has continued to block all aid from reaching the starving population in Gaza for 81 consecutive days.

UN agencies have said that the amount of aid entering Gaza falls far short of what is required to ease the crisis.

Palestinians have been scrambling for basic supplies, with Israel’s blockade leading to critical food and medicine shortages.

Umm Talal al-Masri, 53, a displaced Palestinian in Gaza City, described the situation as “unbearable”.

“No one is distributing anything to us. Everyone is waiting for aid, but we haven’t received anything,” she said.

“We barely manage to prepare one meal a day.”

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas said the “fascist occupying regime attempts to mislead the world public opinion by falsely claiming to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.”

“It continues to use this deceptive propaganda as a cover to manage one of the most horrific crimes of starvation and genocide known in modern times,” Hamas said in a recent statement.

Israel has faced mounting international pressure, including from its closest allies, to halt its expanded offensive and allow aid into Gaza.

European Union foreign ministers have already agreed to review the bloc’s cooperation accord with Israel.

Sweden said it would press the 27-nation bloc to impose sanctions on Israeli ministers, while Britain suspended free-trade negotiations with Israel and summoned the Israeli ambassador.

A recent report says dozens of children have died due to starvation in Gaza. 

Palestinian health minister reports 29 ‘starvation-related’ deaths in Gaza

At least 29 children have died in recent days due to starvation in Gaza, said Palestinian health officials, as the humanitarian crisis deepens under Israel’s ongoing blockade and bombardment.

“In the last couple of days, we lost 29 children,” Palestinian health minister Majed Abu Ramadan told reporters on Thursday, describing the deaths as “starvation-related.” 

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher on Tuesday warned that as many as 14,000 babies could lose their lives in Gaza within 48 hours if the siege of the Palestinian territory continues.

With American support, the Israeli genocide has so far killed over 53,760 Palestinians and injured almost 122,200 others. Most of the victims have been women and children.