Civil defense operations halted in northern Gaza due to ongoing Israeli attacks
A man is seen on a road covered by the rubble of collapsed and heavily damaged buildings as some Palestinians, among the rubble of buildings, began to migrate to areas they thought were safe, with the belongings they could take with them after Israel's intense attacks for two days on the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza on November 02, 2024. (AA Photo)
Civil defense operations have been halted in northern Gaza due to ongoing Israeli attacks, the agency said on Wednesday.
“Our operations have been halted for the 22nd day in a row in northern Gaza due to the Israeli aggression,” it said in a statement.
“Thousands of people there are now without humanitarian and medical care.”
Israeli armed forces attacked civil defense crews, seized their vehicles on Oct. 23 and forced its medics to flee to central and southern Gaza.
The agency appealed to all humanitarian organizations to intervene to provide help to thousands of Palestinians besieged by the Israeli army in northern Gaza.
The Israeli army has continued a deadly onslaught in northern Gaza since Oct. 5 to allegedly prevent Hamas from regrouping amid a suffocating siege on the area. Palestinians, however, accuse Israel of seeking to occupy the area and forcibly displace its residents.
Since then, no humanitarian aid, including food, medicine and fuel, was allowed into the area, leaving most of the population there on the verge of imminent famine.
More than 2,000 people have since been killed, according to Palestinian health authorities.
Israel kills nearly 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza
Israel has continued a devastating offensive on Gaza since an attack by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, in October 2023, despite a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.
Nearly 43,700 people have since been killed in Gaza, mostly women and children, and over 103,000 others injured, according to Palestinian health authorities.
Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its deadly war on Gaza.
