TEHRAN- Northern Gaza is witnessing severe Israeli bombing and attacks targeting infrastructure and what remains of homes.

A complete siege and the isolation of areas from one another has entered the seventh consecutive day.

There have been 268 casualties over the past 24 hours, the Gaza health ministry said on Saturday, the majority of them in the north. 

Experts believe Tel Aviv is trying to cleanse the entire north of Gaza via death or starvation to make it a closed-occupied military zone.

The UN World Food Programme (WFM)has said that no food aid has entered the north since October 1. 

On Saturday dawn, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) issued new evacuation orders in the Jabalia area, home to the enclave’s largest refugee camp. 

But the IOF attacks and restrictions meant nobody could leave the camp which has been subject to continuous artillery shelling since Friday night, resulting in many deaths and injuries. 

Most footage from Jabalia posted online by reliable social media platforms shows dead women and children or the injury of women and children. 

In a statement on Saturday, Hamas condemned the Israeli “Nazi occupation’s massacres” that targeted a civilian area in Jabalia late on Friday, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 90. 

The United States stands accused of allowing its closest ally in the region to commit the most heinous of crimes against humanity with total disregard for international humanitarian law. 

“These massacres are a continuation of the ongoing criminal genocide against our people, shielded by American support,” the statement said while warning the increasing murder of civilians was an attempt to “punish the population for their resilience and rejection of displacement.” 

“The ongoing Nazi terrorist crimes, now in their second year, demonstrate to the world that this rogue, fascist entity is bloodthirsty and seeks revenge through further genocide against our people in Gaza and the Lebanese population.”

The dead and injured are being transported in carts after ambulances stopped functioning.  

Emergency services have said rescue teams and basic supplies have been “unable to reach areas targeted by Israeli bombing in the northern part of the Strip after being blocked by the Israeli army.”

On October 6, the IOF announced the start of a military operation in Jabalia, following hours of fierce attacks on the eastern and western parts of northern Gaza, marking the most intense assault since May.

This is the third major ground invasion carried out by the IOF in the Jabalia camp since the start of the genocidal war in Gaza on October 7, 2023.

The occupation forces have continued their aggression on the entire Gaza Strip by land, sea, and air since October 7 last year, killing 42,175 people. 98,336 others have also been injured. Most of the victims are children and women. 

Thousands are still missing under the rubble.