“We can create a situation in which, within two years, the population of Gaza will be reduced by half,” said Mr. Smotrich.
Tension in the Middle East: Belgian banks finance companies involved in colonization
On November 14, Human Rights Watch considered that the repeated forced displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip constituted a crime against humanity, accusations rejected as “totally false” by Israel.
Israel’s “actions also appear to meet the definition of ethnic cleansing” in areas where the army has ordered Palestinians to leave and where they will not be able to return, the NGO judged in a report.
The war, triggered by the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7, 2023, led to the death of 1,207 people on the Israeli side, the majority civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures and including the hostages. dead or killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip.
More than 44,249 Palestinians were killed in Israeli reprisals on the Gaza Strip, the majority civilians, according to data from the Hamas government’s Health Ministry for Gaza, deemed reliable by the UN.
