Palestinian photographers and journalists, through field tours in camps and cities in the northern Gaza Strip, documented visual scenes of the normal functioning of life and the presence of large numbers of citizens, to respond to the Israeli occupation’s claims that all residents of the north have been displaced and that its cities are empty.

Photographers posted scenes on their Instagram accounts showing aspects of people’s lives in Jabalia camp, Tal al-Zaatar, al-Fallujah, and Beit Lahia, and the footage shows the presence of thousands of families in the place.

The Ministry of Interior in Gaza indicated that about 900,000 Palestinians remain in Gaza City and the northern sector, which consists of 5 governorates.

The scene published by Palestinian photographer Fadi Al-Wahidi, via his Instagram account, showed life going on normally in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, with people wandering through the markets and carrying out daily activities on a routine basis, despite the suffering and difficult circumstances.

Al-Wahidi said that he filmed this scene during a field tour in the camp, to discredit the occupation army’s claims that the entire North Governorate had been evacuated.

Palestinian journalist Marah Atallah confirmed in visual scenes the presence of large numbers of citizens in the northern Gaza areas and presented an aspect of life there.

She commented, saying, “Do not serve Israel’s narrative, and imagine the north as empty of its people,” noting that the northern Gaza Strip is full of people, as there are 100 people in some of the homes next to it.

She added that Beit Lahia, Jabalia Camp, Tal Al-Zaatar, Al-Falujah, and all schools are full of evacuees, noting that this is the north that the media portrays as empty.

The population of Gaza City and its surrounding areas exceeds 1.1 million out of 2.2 million Palestinians living in the Strip, all of whom face extremely difficult living conditions due to the ongoing Israeli siege since 2006.

The occupation army has called more than once on the residents of Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate their homes despite international criticism, while its bombing continues for the 38th day in a row, resulting in the death of more than 11,000 Palestinians, including more than 8,000 children and women, and the injury of more than 28. Two thousand others.

Source: Al Jazeera