Israel has committed massacres across all areas of the Gaza Strip while its forced starvation and displacement policies continue unabated.
As Palestinians in Gaza tried to celebrate Eid, the holiday marking the end of the month of Ramadan, Israeli airstrikes escalated and intensified.
On 30 March, the first day of Eid, Israeli attacks killed more than 50 Palestinians and injured nearly 200.
The next day, the Israeli army issued mass forced displacement orders on the entire Rafah governorate in the south. Similar displacement orders were issued in north Gaza, Gaza City and in eastern Khan Younis.
Samir Zaqout, the Gaza-based deputy director of the human rights group Al Mezan, said that “Israel’s continued closure of crossings and the obstruction of humanitarian aid are worsening the situation in Gaza to an unprecedented degree – even compared to the past 17 months.” …..more