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<h1 class="gmail-single_title">A major extermination zone: 2.3m
Palestinians crammed into 15% of devastated Gaza</h1>
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<p>GAZA, (PIC)</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>As the Israeli occupation forces continue their bloody
aggression since October 2023, data indicates that the largest
portion of the Strip\u2014about 85%\u2014has 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.</p>
<p><strong>Alarming figures point to the worst<br>
</strong>A report by the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
indicates that Palestinians in Gaza \u201chave been forced to live
in an area not exceeding 15% of the Strip\u2019s area,\u201d under
extremely harsh conditions, in a densely populated environment
unprecedented in any inhabited area on Earth.</p>
<p>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 \u201cthe areas to which
displaced people are expelled under the pretense of being safe
are, in fact, new death traps,\u201d referring to the repeated
targeting of these areas after declaring them safe.</p>
<p><strong>Widespread destruction of homes and vital facilities<br>
</strong>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.</p>
<p>Furthermore, universities have been destroyed, and entire
cities and neighborhoods have been wiped off the map, most
notably Khuza\u2019a, Khan Yunis, Rafah, and vast areas of Gaza
City.</p>
<p><strong>Testimonies from the heart of the catastrophe<br>
</strong>Umm Youssef, 42 years old, a displaced woman from the
Shuja\u2019iyya neighborhood to the Al-Mawasi area, says, \u201cWe 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.\u201d</p>
<p>Dr. Rizq Abu Shaeira, a surgeon in a field hospital, confirms
that the health situation is \u201ccatastrophic by every measure,\u201d
adding, \u201cWe 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.\u201d</p>
<p>For his part, international lawyer Youssef Mohyisen, a
specialist in international humanitarian law, says, \u201cWhat 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.\u201d</p>
<p><strong>A systematic policy of displacement and demographic
change<br>
</strong>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.</p>
<p>The Euro-Med Monitor warns in its report that \u201cthe forced
displacement of Palestinians aims to create a comprehensive
demographic transformation,\u201d in clear violation of
international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.</p>
<p><strong>Is Gaza still livable?<br>
</strong>Humanitarian organizations, foremost among them the
United Nations and its agencies, have repeatedly confirmed
that Gaza has become \u201cunlivable\u201d 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.</p>
<p>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 \u201csilent demographic cleansing\u201d continue to
escalate, the eyes of the Palestinians remain fixed on the
faint hope that international institutions will act before it
is too late.</p>
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