GAZA: At least 10 people were killed and 40 injured in northern Gaza on Monday after Israeli tank shells hit people queuing for food, Palestinian medics said, as fears mounted in the enclave that Israel plans to displace all residents from the north.
\nMedics said an Israeli drone had also opened fire where dozens of residents had gathered to receive food in Jabalia, one of Gaza\u2019s eight historic refugee camps. Women and children were among the victims, they said.
\nThe Israeli military said it was looking into the incident.
\nJabalia has been the focus of an Israeli offensive for around 10 days and the military has now encircled the camp and sent tanks into nearby Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun towns, with the declared aim of stamping out Hamas fighters who are trying to regroup there.
\nWith the Israeli military calling on Palestinians to evacuate south as they step up pressure on Hamas \u2014 and Hamas telling them not to leave because it was too risky \u2014 the past few days resemble earlier phases of the war.
\nThe northern part of Gaza, home to well over half the territory\u2019s 2.3 million people, was heavily bombed in the first phase of Israel\u2019s assault on the territory which began a year ago.
\nHundreds of thousands of northern Gaza residents quit their homes in the early months of the war, driven by Israeli evacuation orders and a military ground offensive in their areas, while around 400,000 people remained, according to United Nations estimates.
\nBut months after intense ground fighting there, Israel sent troops back to Jabalia to root out Hamas fighters it said were regrouping for more attacks.
\nThe armed wings of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said their fighters have been staging attacks against the Israeli forces with anti-tank rockets and mortar bombs. For residents, there has been no reprieve. \u201cWe have been hit from the air and the ground, non-stop for a week, they want us to leave, they want to punish us for refusing to leave our homes,\u201d said Marwa, 26, who left with her family to a school in Gaza City.
\nPeople were afraid they would never be able to return if they head south, she said.
\nLater on Monday, Hamas said Israel aimed to displace the people of northern Gaza by force through constant bombardment, and the blocking of aid, food and fuel.
\n\u201cThe international community should act against this war crime as the occupation is closing the territory and preventing the entry of relief goods and medication,\u201d senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters.
\n\u201cBy doing so it causes slow death, that is in addition to daily direct killings it has been conducting,\u201d said Abu Zuhri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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