Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of trying to “empty” the Gaza Strip of Palestinians, especially in the northern part where it launched a new offensive this month.
“It has been a full year since the greatest catastrophe that the Palestinian people experienced after the Nakba of 1948, which is the Israeli war in which crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing are being committed in the Gaza Strip,” Abbas says in a speech to members of the BRICS group.
“This is part of a plan to empty the territory of its people, especially now in northern Gaza where the occupation forces are resorting to starving the population there.”
The war started on October 7, 2023 when Hamas-led terrorists invaded southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.
In its offensive aimed at destroying Hamas and returning the hostages, Israel has repeatedly called on civilians to evacuate from combat areas to a humanitarian zone on the coast.
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