The Palestinian Foreign Ministry says Israeli occupation is attempting to depopulate the northern Gaza Strip by intensifying its attacks and escalating famine.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemns in the strongest terms the war of genocide that Israel is carrying out against our people in the Gaza Strip,” the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported. 

“The ministry confirms that more than 500,000 people live in northern Gaza under the most horrific acts of genocide: constant bombardment, deepening famine, and creating strife and chaos.”