Israel Finally Allowed Aid Into North Gaza After 40 Days But Set Fire To The School It Was Sent To Hours Later
After it let aid into North Gaza, Isarel burned the Mahdia Al Shawwa school and forced Palestinians to evacuate at gunpoint.
Israel finally allowed aid trucks to enter north Gaza for the first time in 40 days on Monday, Nov. 11, letting two aid trucks deliver to a school-turned-shelter in Beit Hanoun.
However, just 12 hours later, it burned the Mahdia Al Shawwa school and forced Palestinians to evacuate at gunpoint.
“They brought us aid, they deceived us. We were happy and we said, it’s all over. They told us, we are in an orange area and we have no problem. We stayed, after the dawn prayer, we were surprised with tanks. They opened fire on us,” A witness told AP news.
Local sources reported that at least 130 families inside shelters in the town of Beit Hanoun and the surrounding houses were forced to evacuate under gunfire.
Israel has put a complete siege on north Gaza since Oct. 6, when it launched a ground and air offensive claiming it is to stop Hamas members from rebuilding and regrouping in the area.
Since then, Israel has cut off north Gaza from the rest of the strip without access to food, water or medical supplies, blocking aid deliveries to at least 100,000 Palestinians who are still trapped there.
Israel's relentless attacks on north Gaza have killed at least 2,000 Palestinians in 39 days, according to Gaza’s media office.
Israeli media outlet Haaretz has accused Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “conducting an ethnic cleansing operation” in northern Gaza "for all to see".
Israel is employing starvation as a tactic of warfare, intentionally depriving Palestinians of essential resources such as food, water and fuel, as well as systematically and illegally obstructing humanitarian aid for military objectives in Gaza, according to a new report by the UN Committee Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices.
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