The ongoing conflict in Gaza has intensified, with Israeli forces engaging Hamas militants, particularly in the southern regions. Israeli military operations have increasingly focused on Khan Younis, a major city in southern Gaza, leading to significant civilian displacements. Israeli airstrikes have targeted various areas in southern Gaza, prompting Israeli military warnings for residents in Khan Younis neighborhoods to evacuate to safer locations further south.
However, many are complaining that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is dire. The United Nations estimates that approximately 1.8 million people are internally displaced, and nearly one million are seeking refuge in U.N. facilities in southern Gaza. Many have fled from northern areas to the south, escaping the brunt of Israeli attacks on Hamas in places like Gaza City. Meanwhile, the neighboring Egypt has refused to allow any refugees to come in, even temporarily and the UN has not offered to house the displaced in tent cities as has been the norm.
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Popular Israeli columnist Caroline Glick posited on her show "The Caroline Glick Show" on Youtube that this is being done specifically to ensure Israel cannot win this war. As everyone is screaming about the welfare of the good citizens of Gaza, no one seems to be allowing them to leave the conflict zone. This is the antithesis of what the protocols have been for other conflicts.
The rational for not letting the Palestinians into Egypt, even to transit to other lands like Turkey or Chechnya which have said they would accept them is to ensure Israel cannot accomplish its goal of eliminating Hamas without inflicting tens of thousands of deaths on the Gaza population. In response to US Vice President Kamala Harris who said in a speech that all international humanitarian laws must be adhered to, Glick said: "If you don't want anybody to leave then it is very difficult to prevent anybody from getting killed in the war".
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Lynn Hastings, the U.N.'s humanitarian coordinator, expressed grave concerns about the limited space and resources for humanitarian efforts in Gaza. Mirjana Spoljaric of the International Committee of the Red Cross described the human suffering in Gaza as intolerable, highlighting the lack of safe spaces for civilians and the challenges in providing adequate humanitarian responses due to the military siege. Directly across the Rafah crossing is a wide open space that would be ideal for a UN tent city, however Egypt is refusing to allow any civilian to be housed there, even for a short time.
Israel maintains that Hamas is using civilian infrastructure and populations as shields, an allegation Hamas denies despite their own admissions that the people are not their concern, they are the concern of the United Nations given 75% of them are considered "refugees". The conflict escalated after Hamas militants crossed into southern Israel on October 7, leading to significant casualties. Israel reports over 1,200 fatalities and over 240 captured individuals. Approximately 100 hostages were exchanged for several hundred Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
'Horrendous number of children being killed, risked being matched by death by disease.'@UNICEF spokesperson James Elder speaks of the 'humanitarian crisis' over evacuation orders in Gazahttps://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3
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Gaza's health ministry, run by Hamas, reports that over 15,890 people have been killed in Gaza, with women and children constituting 70% of the casualties, a number the international community accepts as fact. Meanwhile, the Israeli army recently reported the deaths of three more soldiers in Gaza, bringing the total Israeli military fatalities since October 7th to 406.
This escalation of hostilities has led to a severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and it could easily be solved if Egypt would open the gates, even if to just allow passage to those who want to leave to other countries that have offered to host them like Chechnya, or Turkey considering President Erdogan's profound love for the people of Gaza.
