‘The war is not over’: Israel blocks Palestinians’ return to northern Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel has stated that northern Gaza is out of bounds as displaced Palestinians try to make use of the pause in combating to return to their properties.

Massive numbers of displaced folks had been trying to return residence throughout Gaza because the four-day truce brokered by Qatar took impact on Friday morning. Nonetheless, Israel has warned people who they won’t be allowed to enter the north of the war-torn enclave.

Movies obtained by Al Jazeera confirmed Palestinians returning to their properties in Beit Lahiya within the northern Gaza Strip, regardless of the Israeli military’s insistence that it’s a fight zone.

The Israeli army has stated that it expects Hamas would attempt to encourage or push civilians to return to the northern a part of the Gaza Strip, and that they had been ready to stop it from taking place, Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom reported from occupied East Jerusalem.

Citing witnesses, Palestinian information company Wafa stated that seven folks had been wounded by Israeli forces as they tried to go to northern Gaza.

A number of have been injured and brought again to hospitals within the south of the territory, studies Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum from Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

An Israeli army spokesperson, Avichay Adrei, launched a press release in Arabic on X.

#عاجل يا سكان غزة، لن يُسمح بأي شكل من الأشكال بتنقل السكان من جنوب القطاع إلى شماله وإنما من الشمال إلى الجنوب فقط. ندعوكم الى عدم الاقتراب الى القوات العسكرية والى المناطق شمال وادي غزة. استغلوا الوقت للتزود بالاحتياجات وترتيب أموركم. منطقة شمال القطاع هي منطقة قتال ويحظر… pic.twitter.com/PmdUpytJD7

— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) November 24, 2023

“Residents of Gaza, the motion of the inhabitants from the south of the Strip to the north won’t be allowed in any means, however solely from the north to the south,” it learn.

“We invite you to not strategy the army forces and the areas north of the Gaza Valley. Make the most of the time to replenish your wants and organize your affairs,” he stated.

“The world north of the Gaza Strip is a fight zone and it’s forbidden to remain there. The warfare will not be over and we urge you to obey the teachings and warnings in your security,” Adrei added.

‘All the pieces is damaged’

Many individuals now not have a house to return to after seven weeks of Israeli bombardment and floor invasions that began on October 7.

Gaza resident Ashraf Shann instructed Al Jazeera that he had combined emotions in regards to the truce.

“I’ve nowhere to return to even when [the Israelis] enable us to return to Gaza Metropolis. My home was bombed and fully destroyed on the third day of the warfare,” he stated.

“On the similar time, I’m pleased for these folks whose family members are lacking. No less than they will go and decide up the items and attempt to seek for them.”

Zak Hania, a displaced Palestinian who fled the Shati refugee camp, stated “every thing is damaged in Gaza”.

“We don’t know whether or not to be pleased or unhappy. Our homes are damaged, our hearts are damaged, every thing is damaged in Gaza now. We have no idea how life will proceed after this,” he instructed Al Jazeera from the southern metropolis of Khan Younis.

Requested if he was planning to move residence in the course of the truce, Hania responded: “We are able to’t go as a result of the Israeli military stated no person’s allowed to return to the north and persons are afraid and hesitant to go.

“I feel it’s harmful to return as a result of they’re nonetheless on the street separating the north and south of Gaza … We’re unsure about something and we’re simply praying that the ceasefire holds,” he stated.

Resumption of warfare looming

Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, stated the looming indisputable fact that the warfare will resume in a matter of days was an enormous disappointment for folks.

“There’s a sense of happiness, a way of optimism, however it’s a cautious optimism as a result of after 48 days of relentless air strikes and killings, so many Palestinians have been surrounded by destruction and blood, and the our bodies of family members and relations,” Mahmoud stated.

“The ceasefire comes when folks need to take a second and simply verify on one another and verify on their properties and belongings,” he stated.

“There may be additionally the looming indisputable fact that the warfare will resume in a matter of days, in keeping with Israeli officers,” Mahmoud stated.

“That assertion was very devastating and miserable for a lot of Palestinians who consider this ceasefire is incomplete and unfair as they need to go and verify on their properties and see who’s left amongst their relations,” he stated.

Israel’s warfare has killed greater than 14,800 folks in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official dying toll from Hamas’s assaults that prompted the warfare stands at about 1,200.