Hamas accuses Israel of starting to implement the “generals’ plan” at the same time as the continuation of Israeli military operations in the north for the ninth day

“We hear the sound of explosions day and night. We cannot move freely and we cannot reach any hospital for treatment or emergency situations.”

While the Israeli army said that they targeted “forty targets in the area and killed dozens of terrorists,” according to its description. The Al-Qassam Brigades said on its Telegram platform that it targeted “a gathering of enemy forces east of the Jabalia camp with mortar shells,” according to the statement’s description.

A member of the Hamas political bureau, Bassem Naim, said in a statement, a copy of which was obtained by the BBC, that “the movement accuses Israel of having begun to implement the general’s plan in northern Gaza Strip. .” According to the statement, the plan calls for “relocation of residents and resettlement of the area.”

The movement also accused Israel of “carrying out brutal murders around the clock with the aim of driving the population there to the south.”

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in its daily report on Sunday that Israel’s continued operations led to the death of 52 people and the wounding of 128 others in the past hours.

Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for Civil Defense in Gaza, said in a statement to the BBC that they and medical teams are suffering from a lack of fuel and lack of freedom of movement. Pointing out that the Israeli army released new leaflets in the Al-Saftawi area asking residents to move out again, as part of what it described as a “policy of forced displacement of citizens.”

Basal pointed out in a previous statement that there were a large number of bodies that had not been recovered from areas in the northern Gaza Strip, due to what he said were “targeting of medical teams and ambulances.”

Hussein Muheisen, an ambulance and emergency officer in Gaza City, told the BBC that they receive daily claims and calls from families who are still under siege and stuck in residential areas and squares surrounded by Israeli tanks and vehicles. , including several wounded, but they cannot reach them because of the intensity of the fire and the continuous bombardment.

Muhaisen pointed out that “the Israeli army is shooting and shelling near hospitals,” especially the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which prevents ambulance crews from reaching or the besieged areas near it.

The Hamas government media office said, “For the ninth consecutive day of the siege of Jabalia and northern Gaza, the Israeli army prevented ambulance and civil defense teams from retrieving more than 75 dead people a- out of the 285 who were killed over the past few days. “

On October 6, the Israeli army announced the start of a ground military operation in Jabalia “to prevent Hamas from regaining its power in the region,” at the same time as the start of a major offensive in the eastern and western regions The northern Gaza Strip, considering the “violence” since last May.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health estimates that at least 150 Palestinians have been killed during this ongoing operation, and the United Nations estimates that more than 400,000 people are under siege in the north. .

The death toll has increased since October 7 last year to 42,227 deaths and 98,464 injuries, according to what was reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The report indicated that the number is likely to increase due to large numbers under car parks and on the roads.