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Israeli military may aim to create ‘new corridor’ in Deir el-Balah operation
The official statement is that the “limited operation” involves ground troops in the southern part of Deir el-Balah. Why is Deir el-Balah important? Because it is home to the United Nations offices and warehouses.
It’s also important because the Israeli army has never invaded it during the past 21 months. It has been struck from the air but not invaded from the ground.
The Israeli media, however, are citing military sources that discuss establishing a new corridor. That means destruction, that means wiping out neighbourhoods – as we’ve seen in the past in the Netzarim Corridor and the Morag Corridor.
The objective, according to these Israeli reports, is to separate Deir el-Balah in central Gaza from al-Mawasi in southwestern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people have sought shelter.
This will create separate isolated pockets of starved Palestinians with no access to assistance and no ability to move and seek shelter or safety from one place to another.
Searching for some flour ‘an intense struggle’ in Gaza
In the besieged Gaza Strip, the prices of the few items that are still available have soared far above what most people can afford. Resident Atta Deifallah, who is responsible for providing for 11 people, told Al Jazeera that getting flour “has become an immense struggle”.
“Flour’s an essential basic ingredient; there’s no alternative,” he said in Gaza City. “There’s no rice or lentils,” he added. “Every day I go to the market, walk long distances, and wander through it, but I can’t find any flour. And if I do find it, the price is so high that I simply can’t afford it.
“We used to go to what are called ‘aid distribution’ points, but they’re basically death traps,” Deifallah said, referring to the sites run by the notorious Israel- and US-backed GHF.
Desperate families flee Deir el-Balah seeking food and safety
Many families are reluctant to move after the Israeli forced evacuation order in Deir el-Balah because they understand there are no alternative places that might be safe for them.
But hundreds of other families have been caught in [Israeli attacks] and were forced to leave their homes in Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis, due to Israel’s latest military incursion in the south.
Families are leaving while they are hungry. They are not just looking for safety; during the journey, they are looking for any source of food. They are unable to get any food supply or flour to make bread to keep them on their feet.
This crisis has been complicated by ongoing restrictions on UN agencies from delivering supplies to Gaza. We spoke with senior WFP officials who said they are doing their best to deliver aid trucks, but are still facing restrictions on the number of trucks allowed to enter Gaza from the Zikim crossing in the north of the Strip.
Families have been driven by hunger and desperation, and that is why we see them looting trucks, trying to get food.
