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People in Jabalia killed with ‘unspeakable cruelty and sadism’
Israeli forces are committing “another massacre” in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory says.
Francesca Albanese said Palestinian civilians in Jabalia “are killed – both in groups and one by one – amid unspeakable cruelty and sadism” by Israeli troops “who have accepted to be ‘willing executioners’ of a genocidal plan”.
The Israeli attacks are being conducted with Western support and weapons, Albanese noted. “It blows my mind to think that WE KNOW what Israel is doing and altogether we cannot stop it. Looking at where we were 100 years ago, not much progress has been achieved,” she said in a post on X.
The Israeli army has been carrying out a large-scale military incursion for nine days in northern Gaza, where the Jabalia camp is located.
‘Israel is wiping out Jabalia’
Residents in northern Gaza say Israel’s army has isolated the areas of Beit Hanoon, Jabalia and Beit Lahiya from Gaza City, and completed severed access. Many Jabalia residents are posting about the dire situation on social media with one pledging, “We will not leave, we die and we don’t leave.”
Nasser, a resident of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, said: “As the world is focused on Lebanon and possible Israeli strike against Iran, Israel is wiping out Jabalia.
“The occupation is blowing up roads and destroying residential districts. People also don’t find anything to eat. They are trapped inside their homes, fearing bombs could fall onto their heads.”
Palestinians flee northern Gaza last week following an Israeli evacuation order
‘A greater Israel minus the Palestinians, this is the mindset’
The UN’s World Food Programme says no food has entered the northern Gaza Strip this month as Israeli attacks continue. It says “the risk of famine is real” for about 400,000 Palestinians trapped there.
Hassan Barari, a professor of international affairs at Qatar University, says Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza’s north is designed to force Palestinian inhabitants permanently out of the area.
“The Israelis have underestimated the Palestinians’ will to stay put. The Israelis from the get-go have wanted them to leave,” Barari told Al Jazeera. “This is part of their ideology. The majority of the government belongs to the extreme right and they saw on October 7 [2023] a golden opportunity to translate some ideas into action.”
He said one of those was “the transfer” of Palestinians from Gaza as a prelude to their expulsion from the occupied West Bank. “They believe in a greater Israel minus the Palestinians. This is part of the mindset of the Israelis.”
Palestinian children flee Gaza City in the northern Strip on Saturday
