Brig Gen Itzik Cohen said in a briefing that aid would only be allowed to enter south of the strip, not the north

Israeli ground forces are getting closer to “the complete evacuation” of northern Gaza and residents will not be allowed to return home, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said, in what appears to be the first official acknowledgment from Israel it is systematically removing Palestinians from the area.

In a media briefing on Tuesday night, the IDF Brig Gen Itzik Cohen told Israeli reporters that since troops had been forced to enter some areas twice, such as Jabaliya camp, “there is no intention of allowing the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to return to their homes”.

International humanitarian law experts have said that such actions would amount to the war crimes of forcible transfer and the use of food as a weapon.

  • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    I’ve got a crazy idea that probably won’t work, but who knows:

    Let’s start making tons of memes of Bibi making Trump his little removed. Make fake quotes that make the rounds of Bibi calling Trump a useful idiot, or easier to control than Biden. Try to get Trump to see doing whatever Israel wants as being weak, and make him get into a huge row with Netanyahu.

    Israel isn’t Russia, and I don’t think Bibi has Trump by the short hairs like Putin does.