Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant told U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a phone call on Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces is not carrying out a plan proposed by former Israeli generals to seal off aid to northern Gaza, Israeli officials said.
Israel closed the main crossings into northern Gaza in the first week of October as it renewed its military offensive. No food and other supplies have been entering the area where there are currently more than 400,000 Palestinians.
The IDF began a new ground operation last week in the town of Jabalya north of Gaza city and ordered Palestinian civilians in the area to evacuate.U.N. humanitarian coordinator Muhannad Hadi said in a statement on Sunday that pressure is mounting on Palestinians who remain in northern Gaza to leave southwards."A military siege that deprives civilians of essential means of survival is unacceptable... Civilians must not be forced to choose between displacement and starvation," he said.According to the UN, at least 50,000 Palestinians have been displaced from northern Gaza over the last two weeks.
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