23 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israel issues new evacuation threats

New Israeli strikes have killed at least 23 people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Medics reported Tuesday that eight people were killed in a series of overnight strikes in Beit Lahiya, while four others were killed in Gaza City.

Two more people were killed in attacks on historic refugee camp of Jabalia in the northern part of Gaza.

Another airstrike on Al-Falah School sheltering displaced families in Gaza City's Zeitoun suburb killed six people and wounded others, medics said.

Gaza’s civil defence later confirmed that three people were killed by Israeli drone attacks in Rafah, and their bodies had been retrieved.

Israel launched new deadly operations in Jabalia and the towns of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun in early October. Its forces have killed hundreds of people in the three locations over the past few weeks.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least three dozen Palestinians were killed and 96 injured in Israeli attacks across the besieged strip in the past day.

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New evacuation threats

The Israeli military has ordered residents in several districts of Khan Yunis to flee, prompting a westward exodus in the early morning hours.

Palestinian and United Nations officials also say that there are no safe areas in the enclave.

Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been internally displaced, some as many as 10 times since the war began last year.

Palestinian residence groups have accused Israel’s army of trying to drive people from the northern edge of Gaza with forced evacuations and bombardments to create a buffer zone.

The Palestinian Civil Defense said its operations in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoon have been halted for nearly four weeks due to Israeli attacks on their teams and fuel shortages.

On Tuesday, the agency said 88 of its members had been killed, 304 wounded, and 21 detained by Israel since the war started.

FAO seeks to halt spread of famine in Gaza 

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations has called for unrestricted and safe access to deliver emergency aid into war-ravaged Gaza in order to prevent the spread of famine there.

The Deputy Director-General of FAO issued the call during a conference in Cairo that was attended by Egyptian officials and UN agencies like UNRWA.

Beth Bechdol reiterated FAO’s commitment to increase its humanitarian response to alleviate famine but stressed that this can only be achieved with access to Gaza.

She called on UN member states to pile up pressure on Israel to lift the ban on food deliveries and to fund FAO.

Earlier, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported that nearly 70,000 Palestinians are trapped in northern Gaza, facing famine due to a crippling Israeli siege on the area for over three months.

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