The Israeli occupation army continues to commit a war of genocide, launching air and artillery raids, blowing up homes, forcibly displacing, starving, and brutally targeting schools, shelters, and hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, especially Jabalia camp and Beit Lahia town, for the 19th consecutive day, amidst a tight siege that prevents the entry of food, water, fuel, and medicine, leaving hundreds of martyrs and wounded.

Citizens are suffering from extremely difficult conditions, in light of the continuous and violent bombardment by the occupation's aircraft and artillery, as hospitals face a tight siege, and entry and exit are prevented.

Eyewitnesses recount horrific details about the occupation’s crimes and brutality in the north, the separation of men from women, and even children who were lost from their mothers during forced displacement, in addition to the unknown fate of hundreds of them, not to mention the lack of shrouds to cover the bodies of the martyrs.

Today, the occupation army emptied Al-Fakhoura School in Jabalia camp of displaced people, stripped some of them of their clothes, and ordered them to head to a checkpoint near the Indonesian Hospital.

Meanwhile, the displaced were forced to bury the bodies of their martyrs in the public streets without shrouding, after the shrouds ran out due to the tight siege and intensive bombardment that the occupation army has been waging on the area for 19 days.

The famine and thirst crisis have also greatly worsened in the northern Gaza Strip, with the occupation refusing to allow any trucks carrying food or aid into the Strip.

The occupation's cutting off of communications and the Internet in the area several days ago caused a shortage of videos and photos documenting what is happening to the displaced, in addition to the difficulty of communicating with the residents.

Inas Hamdan, Acting Media Officer of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, confirmed in a press statement today that the level of food security in the Gaza Strip is at risk, especially in the northern areas that are witnessing a humanitarian disaster, and it is necessary to allow the entry of vital relief supplies, which are the necessities of life, such as food, water, fuel, and medicine.

“This is the situation that UNRWA and other UN agencies have been warning about for months,” Hamdan said. “The scenes in the north are shocking and terrifying. Families have been under siege for more than two weeks. Homes and infrastructure are being bombed, and even UNRWA facilities in those areas, such as a shelter and a school, have been bombed in recent days, while not enough supplies and relief aid have been allowed to reach the population.”

She explained that according to reports, most food supplies have run out, there are not enough quantities of potable water, in addition to the fuel shortage, a large number of victims are falling in addition to the bodies lying in the streets, in light of the inability to access the necessary medical services and care, and the three main hospitals operating there are operating at incomplete capacity, and two of them were directly bombed days ago.

She pointed out that UNRWA employees continue to provide services despite all the challenges throughout the year, but they are besieged with the population and are trying as much as possible to provide them with what can be provided to them in these circumstances, and they are demanding the dispatch of medical teams to support their work and the necessary supplies.

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, stated yesterday, “People in northern Gaza are just waiting for death. The smell of death is everywhere, as bodies are left lying on the roads or under the rubble, and missions to remove them or provide humanitarian assistance are refused.”

The occupation forces have continued their aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, which has resulted in the martyrdom of 42,718 citizens and the injury of 100,282 others, the majority of whom are children and women, in an incomplete toll, as thousands of people are still missing under the rubble.