Israeli invasion of northern Gaza is “precursor” to annexation, UN experts warn

A group of UN experts is urging international powers to intervene in Israel’s genocidal attack while warning that Israel’s total siege and ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza is likely a sign of Israel’s intent to annex. ​​the Gaza Strip.

In a statement this week, the think tank said Israel Genocide is not just an assault. against the Palestinians and their right to life, but also an attack on the very foundations of international humanitarian norms.

“Rather than respecting (international humanitarian law), Israel has openly defied international law time and again, inflicting maximum suffering on civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and beyond,” the experts said.

They went on to say that Israel has committed numerous genocidal acts and crimes against humanity, including relentless attacks on civilians, mass forced relocations, use of hunger as a weapon of war, and much more. The attacks on northern Gaza over the past three months have been particularly egregious, as Israel has “grossly violated” its obligations as the occupying power in Gaza.

“The indiscriminate attacks, including on shelters for displaced people and the Kamal Adwan hospital and its surroundings, and the intensification of siege conditions in northern Gaza over the past three months go against Israel’s legal duty to ensure the protection of the civilian population,” the group said.

“We are concerned that this siege, together with the expansion of evacuation orders, appears to be aimed at permanently displacing the local population as a precursor to the annexation of Gaza, in a further violation of international law,” they explained.

The statement was signed by 12 UN experts, including Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese and Special Rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri, who have been outspoken about Palestinian rights.

Since October, Israeli forces appear to have been carrying out a campaign to achieve total ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza, for which Israeli academics and military officers Plans have been circulating for months.

The way Israel has carried out this It is through senseless murders in the region; order mass evacuations and attack those who try to flee; an almost total blockade of humanitarian aid to the region; and the destruction of everything that sustains life in the region, including hospitals.

Analysts have said that, through his genocide and legislative movementsIsrael is positioning itself to annex and resettle Gaza. israeli forces i have said that Palestinians in northern Gaza will not be allowed to return to their homes, even though preventing them from doing so constitutes a war crime; While destroying civilian infrastructure throughout Gaza, Israeli forces have also been building infrastructure as military outposts and corridorscreating lines and borders within the territory.

Some of Israel’s most outspoken settler groups and politicians have also openly announced their intention to colonize Gaza. Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir has said that Israel should empty Gaza of all Palestinians, and has attended numerous events that require the Gaza resettlement, along with other ministers such as Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.