[News] A major extermination zone: 2.3m Palestinians crammed into 15% of devastated Gaza

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  A major extermination zone: 2.3m Palestinians crammed into 15% of
  devastated Gaza

Wednesday 9-July-2025 - 
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GAZA, (PIC)

In one of the most complex humanitarian crises of the modern era, more 
than two million Palestinians find themselves trapped in a narrow strip 
of land that constitutes no more than 15% of the area of the Gaza Strip. 
This comes amid massive destruction affecting both infrastructure and 
population, and an unprecedented deterioration in living and health 
conditions.

As the Israeli occupation forces continue their bloody aggression since 
October 2023, data indicates that the largest portion of the Strip—about 
85%—has become closed-off areas, either through military control or by 
means of forced displacement orders. This has led to mounting warnings 
of a humanitarian catastrophe with grave legal and ethical dimensions.

*Alarming figures point to the worst
*A report by the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor indicates that 
Palestinians in Gaza “have been forced to live in an area not exceeding 
15% of the Strip’s area,” under extremely harsh conditions, in a densely 
populated environment unprecedented in any inhabited area on Earth.

The Monitor added that Israel has turned the vast majority of the Strip 
into closed-off areas, either by force or through mass displacement. It 
stressed that “the areas to which displaced people are expelled under 
the pretense of being safe are, in fact, new death traps,” referring to 
the repeated targeting of these areas after declaring them safe.

*Widespread destruction of homes and vital facilities
*Since the start of the war, both local and international organizations 
have documented the destruction of more than 92% of homes in the Gaza 
Strip. More than 80% of schools have sustained severe damage or have 
been completely destroyed, and 90% of hospitals are no longer able to 
function.

Furthermore, universities have been destroyed, and entire cities and 
neighborhoods have been wiped off the map, most notably Khuza’a, Khan 
Yunis, Rafah, and vast areas of Gaza City.

*Testimonies from the heart of the catastrophe
*Umm Youssef, 42 years old, a displaced woman from the Shuja’iyya 
neighborhood to the Al-Mawasi area, says, “We are 17 people living in 
one tent. No water, no medicine, no privacy. Everything is gone, even 
the feeling of safety. They tell us to move to safe areas, so we go 
there, and then those areas get bombed.”

Dr. Rizq Abu Shaeira, a surgeon in a field hospital, confirms that the 
health situation is “catastrophic by every measure,” adding, “We 
sometimes operate without anesthesia, using the light from a phone 
during surgeries. There are no medicines, no blood bags, no 
sterilization materials. We watch people die in front of us, and we 
stand helpless.”

For his part, international lawyer Youssef Mohyisen, a specialist in 
international humanitarian law, says, “What is happening in Gaza amounts 
to a slow-motion genocide, based on forced displacement and the 
deliberate destruction of homes and infrastructure. All indicators point 
to an attempt to create a systematic demographic change.”

*A systematic policy of displacement and demographic change
*Observers believe that what is happening in Gaza has gone beyond mere 
military operations and has become part of a broader policy aimed at 
bringing about radical demographic change.

The Euro-Med Monitor warns in its report that “the forced displacement 
of Palestinians aims to create a comprehensive demographic 
transformation,” in clear violation of international humanitarian law 
and the Geneva Conventions.

*Is Gaza still livable?
*Humanitarian organizations, foremost among them the United Nations and 
its agencies, have repeatedly confirmed that Gaza has become “unlivable” 
after the war has caused the total paralysis of water and electricity 
networks, the collapse of the healthcare system, the absence of food 
security, and the spread of epidemics and diseases as a result of 
overcrowding and lack of care.

Despite the gravity of the situation, no international efforts have yet 
succeeded in enforcing a ceasefire, amid a clear inability to compel 
Israel to respect international law. While warnings of a “silent 
demographic cleansing” continue to escalate, the eyes of the 
Palestinians remain fixed on the faint hope that international 
institutions will act before it is too late.

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