Hamas has accused Israel of “massacres which amount to ethnic cleansing, alongside a complete siege on northern Gaza”. Since early October, northern Gaza has been in a state of continuous siege. Analysts interviewed by Al Jazeera have termed Israel’s plan to forcibly displace thousands of people from northern Gaza as “ethnic cleansing”. Josep Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, said hospitals in northern Gaza are being “targeted with an intensity rarely seen in modern warfare”. “The ethnic cleansing of Northern Gaza was the proof of concept.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 08, 2024 15:21 UTC