Tens of 1000’s flee on foot as UN says north of Gaza is ‘hell on earth’ | Israel-Palestine battle Information

Israel says greater than 100,000 Palestinians have moved from the north to the south of Gaza within the final two days.

Tens of 1000’s of Palestinians have fled northern Gaza on foot as Israeli forces push deeper into dense city neighbourhoods and assault hospitals the place residents have been sheltering.

Gaza Metropolis has been the main target of Israel’s floor offensive, with fierce battles and air raids reported on Friday in densely populated areas.

A spokesperson for the Israeli military mentioned on Friday greater than 100,000 Palestinians have moved from the north to the south of Gaza within the final two days.

A unending stream of individuals together with many youngsters, the wounded, and the aged have been seen shifting south, totally on foot, carrying solely small backpacks and important belongings.

Israel has repeatedly focused and attacked civilians who’re making their technique to the south.

“The combating within the city areas of the Gaza Strip has reached vital ranges, because the Israeli occupation forces are pushing ahead and deeper,” Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported from Khan Younis.

“Now the Israeli troops are stationed in Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood, in Al-Shati refugee camp and even within the jap areas of Gaza as they’re making an attempt to infiltrate extra into the central and to most important centres of Gaza Metropolis. They’re just one kilometre [0.6 miles] away from Al-Shifa Hospital.”

The UN’s humanitarian workplace mentioned on Friday it’s unable to ship assist vehicles to the north of Gaza, the place lots of of 1000’s of individuals nonetheless reside.

“If there’s a hell on earth, it’s the north of Gaza,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), informed reporters in Geneva.

Additionally on Friday, the UN Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, referred to as for an investigation into what he referred to as Israel’s use of “high-impact explosive weapons” in Gaza. He mentioned using such weapons was inflicting indiscriminate destruction within the besieged Palestinian enclave.

The UN mentioned earlier this week that no less than 1.5 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have fled their properties because the conflict started.

Greater than 11,000 Palestinians, together with 4,506 youngsters, have been killed in Gaza since Israel began pounding the enclave within the wake of the October 7 Hamas assault that Israel says left greater than 1,400 lifeless, principally civilians.