{"id":114737,"date":"2024-10-16T09:11:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T02:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114737"},"modified":"2024-10-16T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T02:11:51","slug":"israel-threatens-to-starve-out-north-gaza-u-n-aid-agencies-say-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114737","title":{"rendered":"Israel threatens to starve out north Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-28396\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5610;&#10;        --source-height: 3705;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5610x3705+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fea%2F68%2F9e6a30eb469dbccca70ac2dfff1d%2F2024-10-12t000000z-1415294365-mt1imgost000z8spnj-rtrmadp-3-imago-images.JPG\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5610x3705+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fea%2F68%2F9e6a30eb469dbccca70ac2dfff1d%2F2024-10-12t000000z-1415294365-mt1imgost000z8spnj-rtrmadp-3-imago-images.JPG\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5610x3705+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fea%2F68%2F9e6a30eb469dbccca70ac2dfff1d%2F2024-10-12t000000z-1415294365-mt1imgost000z8spnj-rtrmadp-3-imago-images.JPG\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5610x3705+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fea%2F68%2F9e6a30eb469dbccca70ac2dfff1d%2F2024-10-12t000000z-1415294365-mt1imgost000z8spnj-rtrmadp-3-imago-images.JPG\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5610x3705+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fea%2F68%2F9e6a30eb469dbccca70ac2dfff1d%2F2024-10-12t000000z-1415294365-mt1imgost000z8spnj-rtrmadp-3-imago-images.JPG\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Palestinians evacuate the Jabalia refugee camp and the Sheikh Radwan and Abu Iskandar neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5610x3705+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fea%2F68%2F9e6a30eb469dbccca70ac2dfff1d%2F2024-10-12t000000z-1415294365-mt1imgost000z8spnj-rtrmadp-3-imago-images.JPG\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Palestinians evacuate the Jabalia refugee camp and the Sheikh Radwan and Abu Iskandar neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Mahmoud Issa\/IMAGO via Reuters<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Mahmoud Issa\/IMAGO via Reuters<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>TEL AVIV, Israel \u2014 Israel has blocked nearly all food aid from entering northern Gaza for the past two weeks, leaving some 400,000 Palestinians there with no good option, United Nations aid agencies say: Stay and starve, or follow orders to flee to the south, where there\u2019s no guarantee of safety or shelters for the displaced.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli human rights groups Gisha, B&#8217;Tselem and others say Israel quietly adopted a starve-or-leave policy for northern Gaza \u2014 a policy that Israel may be backtracking from now with pressure from the U.S. to increase aid to the area. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BarakRavid\/status\/1846182689222664471\/photo\/1\">letter Sunday<\/a>, the U.S. secretaries of state and defense warned Israel the U.S. might cut off military aid to Israel unless it increases humanitarian aid to Gaza in the coming month.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Israeli military denies Israel is deliberately blocking food to the area.<\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5154065-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK MEDIAPROMO PRIMARY\" --><\/p>\n<p>U.N. officials say that fuel, needed for hospital generators, bakeries, ambulances and water plants, is also running low.<\/p>\n<p>\u200a\u201dThe situation in north Gaza is like a catastrophe within a series of catastrophes,\u201d said Jonathan Fowler, a spokesman for UNRWA, the U.N. agency overseeing the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza. \u201cThere&#8217;s simply nowhere safe in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing Israeli offensive in northern Gaza has also thrown into question whether U.N. agencies will be able to carry out the second phase of polio vaccinations for children there. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/13\/nx-s1-5151859\/gaza-children-polio-vaccination-second\" target=\"nx-s1-5151859\" rel=\"noopener\">second round of vaccinations<\/a> began in central Gaza this week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-28401\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4032;&#10;        --source-height: 3024;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F43%2F1a%2F957bac7c4c369d874711402412a0%2Fimg-2855.jpeg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F43%2F1a%2F957bac7c4c369d874711402412a0%2Fimg-2855.jpeg 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src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F43%2F1a%2F957bac7c4c369d874711402412a0%2Fimg-2855.jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F43%2F1a%2F957bac7c4c369d874711402412a0%2Fimg-2855.jpeg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"U.N. agencies administer the second phase of polio vaccinations for children in Gaza on Tuesday.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                U.N. agencies administer the second phase of polio vaccinations for children in Gaza on Tuesday.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Anas Baba for NPR<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Anas Baba for NPR<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5154065-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-22620\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goats-and-soda\/2024\/09\/13\/g-s1-22620\/gaza-polio-vaccination-campaign\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset 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src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3648x3648+912+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F20%2Fee%2Fab8277fb4ac087ea2d192c6001e6%2Fgettyimages-2168963772.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3648x3648+912+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F20%2Fee%2Fab8277fb4ac087ea2d192c6001e6%2Fgettyimages-2168963772.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"A health worker administers an oral polio vaccine in Zawayda, in the central Gaza Strip.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5154065-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The first round of the campaign required humanitarian pauses in fighting and a pause in Israeli bombardment in specific areas where families were lining up to vaccinate their children from the highly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goats-and-soda\/2024\/09\/13\/g-s1-22620\/gaza-polio-vaccination-campaign\" target=\"g-s1-22620\" rel=\"noopener\">contagious virus, which was found<\/a> to be spreading in Gaza due to the destruction of water and sewage facilities in the war.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Israel\u2019s offensive in north Gaza<\/h3>\n<p>Israel began its latest offensive in northern Gaza around two weeks ago with renewed calls for everyone to leave the area and move south, across Netsarim, a roughly 2 mile-wide corridor occupied by Israel\u2019s military that cuts across Gaza. The corridor separates Gaza\u2019s north from the rest of the enclave. Anyone who has heeded those orders throughout the war has not been permitted to return.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Israeli forces have also encircled and besieged the densely populated refugee camp of Jabalia in north Gaza since Oct. 5, where Israel\u2019s military says Hamas fighters were trying to regroup.<\/p>\n<p>Civilians in Jabalia say airstrikes from fighter jets and drones have killed people in their homes or as they tried to flee. Journalists are among those killed and wounded. Al Jazeera says its cameraman was shot live on TV by Israeli forces while reporting on the siege, and remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5154065-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK MEDIAPROMO PRIMARY\" --><\/p>\n<p>Gaza\u2019s civil defense rescue workers say hundreds of people have been killed since the offensive began in the north. U.N. agencies say people are left with an impossible choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCivilians are given no choice but to either leave or starve,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNLazzarini\/status\/1845809770411827463\">tweeted Philippe Lazzarini<\/a>, head of UNRWA.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Harris has expressed concern about the situation, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VP\/status\/1845595719740060099\">writing on the social media platform<\/a> X on Sunday that civilians in Gaza \u201cmust be protected\u201d and Israel must do more to ensure aid reaches people in need. \u201cInternational humanitarian law must be respected,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-28397\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 6000;&#10;        --source-height: 4000;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F79%2F394470a3489d8cdda0863d1c4108%2Fgettyimages-2177843518.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F79%2F394470a3489d8cdda0863d1c4108%2Fgettyimages-2177843518.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F79%2F394470a3489d8cdda0863d1c4108%2Fgettyimages-2177843518.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F79%2F394470a3489d8cdda0863d1c4108%2Fgettyimages-2177843518.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F79%2F394470a3489d8cdda0863d1c4108%2Fgettyimages-2177843518.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F79%2F394470a3489d8cdda0863d1c4108%2Fgettyimages-2177843518.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F79%2F394470a3489d8cdda0863d1c4108%2Fgettyimages-2177843518.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F79%2F394470a3489d8cdda0863d1c4108%2Fgettyimages-2177843518.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1300px) 763px, (min-width: 1025px) calc(100vw - 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496px), (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 171px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F79%2F394470a3489d8cdda0863d1c4108%2Fgettyimages-2177843518.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F79%2F394470a3489d8cdda0863d1c4108%2Fgettyimages-2177843518.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"People gather outside a collapsed building as they attempt to extricate a man from underneath the rubble following Israeli bombardment in the Saftawi district in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on October 15.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                People gather outside a collapsed building as they attempt to extricate a man from underneath the rubble following Israeli bombardment in the Saftawi district in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on October 15.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Omar Al-Qattaa\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Omar Al-Qattaa\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/10\/09\/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-call-with-prime-minister-netanyahu-of-israel-9\/\">says<\/a> President Biden also raised the issue in an Oct. 9 call with Israel\u2019s prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>The blockade appears to have eased slightly in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>A U.N. team was able to deliver fuel to three hospitals in northern Gaza after several previous attempts were not permitted to proceed by Israeli forces at the Netsarim checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the World Health Organization said one-off missions like this are not sufficient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a sustained need for resupplying hospitals to keep them functioning,\u201d Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO\u2019s director-general, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrTedros\/status\/1845574141379764376\">said in a post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>Also, COGAT, Israel\u2019s military body responsible for civilian affairs in Gaza, said 30 trucks of food aid, from international aid agencies, entered northern Gaza on Monday under orders from Israel\u2019s political leadership. It marked the first entry of food aid into northern Gaza since Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rebecca Metzer, of the Tel Aviv-based Gaza rights group Gisha, said it\u2019s hardly enough. \u201cGiven the scale of the crisis at this point it&#8217;s merely a tokenistic gesture,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The World Food Programme says it has just two weeks of food supply left in northern Gaza, where people are already facing starvation and often eating just one meal a day consisting of bread and canned food, according to independent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goats-and-soda\/2024\/06\/25\/g-s1-6193\/gaza-famine-hunger-war-israel\" target=\"g-s1-6193\" rel=\"noopener\">experts on famine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5154065-103\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-6193\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goats-and-soda\/2024\/06\/25\/g-s1-6193\/gaza-famine-hunger-war-israel\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/sections\\\/goats-and-soda\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/25\\\/g-s1-6193\\\/gaza-famine-hunger-war-israel&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3250x3250+537+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Fef%2Fd5fbc5ac4a69a9f71a002ff20055%2Fgettyimages-2156832206.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3250x3250+537+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Fef%2Fd5fbc5ac4a69a9f71a002ff20055%2Fgettyimages-2156832206.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3250x3250+537+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Fef%2Fd5fbc5ac4a69a9f71a002ff20055%2Fgettyimages-2156832206.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3250x3250+537+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Fef%2Fd5fbc5ac4a69a9f71a002ff20055%2Fgettyimages-2156832206.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3250x3250+537+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Fef%2Fd5fbc5ac4a69a9f71a002ff20055%2Fgettyimages-2156832206.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3250x3250+537+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Fef%2Fd5fbc5ac4a69a9f71a002ff20055%2Fgettyimages-2156832206.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3250x3250+537+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Fef%2Fd5fbc5ac4a69a9f71a002ff20055%2Fgettyimages-2156832206.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3250x3250+537+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Fef%2Fd5fbc5ac4a69a9f71a002ff20055%2Fgettyimages-2156832206.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA - JUNE 14: (EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death) Fatma Hijazi, the mother of 10-year-old Palestinian Mustafa Hijazi, who died due to malnutrition and lack of medication, holds the lifeless body of her child and mourns in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on June 14, 2024. UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that nine out of 10 children in Gaza suffer from severe malnutrition.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5154065-103\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Across Gaza, there\u2019s been a drop in how much food is entering the territory. In the past two weeks, Israel permitted about a quarter of the food and aid trucked in compared to the same period last month, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/gaza-aid-data.gov.il\/main\/\">online Israeli government aid tracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli human rights groups petitioned Israel\u2019s Supreme Court Tuesday with a demand that officials ensure aid continues to reach northern Gaza.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">A starve-or-leave proposal<\/h3>\n<p>A proposal by former Israeli national security adviser Giora Eiland outlines a strategy to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages the group still holds from its deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. He proposed that Israel lay full siege on northern Gaza and order all civilians to evacuate south or else be denied food and water along with Hamas militants.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinian militants in that area would have to \u201csurrender or die of hunger,\u201d Eiland, a retired army general, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IeHnWp1JmzI?feature=shared\">Hebrew-language video<\/a> promoting his proposal, which he dubbed the \u201cGeneral\u2019s Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials studied the plan along with other proposals for Gaza, parts of which were implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s decision-makers have not clarified whether any part of the starve-or-leave proposal has been adopted, a government official familiar with the matter said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss conversations with security officials.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-28398\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 8640;&#10;        --source-height: 5760;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F8d%2Fb686e65540d68aa9be1e825fd7fd%2Fap24285568835764.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F8d%2Fb686e65540d68aa9be1e825fd7fd%2Fap24285568835764.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F8d%2Fb686e65540d68aa9be1e825fd7fd%2Fap24285568835764.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F8d%2Fb686e65540d68aa9be1e825fd7fd%2Fap24285568835764.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F8d%2Fb686e65540d68aa9be1e825fd7fd%2Fap24285568835764.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F8d%2Fb686e65540d68aa9be1e825fd7fd%2Fap24285568835764.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F8d%2Fb686e65540d68aa9be1e825fd7fd%2Fap24285568835764.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F8d%2Fb686e65540d68aa9be1e825fd7fd%2Fap24285568835764.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1300px) 763px, (min-width: 1025px) calc(100vw - 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496px), (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 171px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F8d%2Fb686e65540d68aa9be1e825fd7fd%2Fap24285568835764.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F8d%2Fb686e65540d68aa9be1e825fd7fd%2Fap24285568835764.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Israeli soldiers gather near a gate to walk through an inspection area for trucks carrying humanitarian aid supplies bound for the Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the Erez crossing into northern Gaza, on May 1.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Israeli soldiers gather near a gate to walk through an inspection area for trucks carrying humanitarian aid supplies bound for the Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the Erez crossing into northern Gaza, on May 1.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Ohad Zwigenberg\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Ohad Zwigenberg\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another Israeli official, who spoke anonymously to discuss security plans, denied there was any connection between what\u2019s happening in north Gaza and the \u201cGeneral\u2019s Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-3-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere are alarming signs that the Israeli military is beginning to quietly implement the Generals\u2019 Plan \u2026 through tightening the siege on the area and starving the population,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.btselem.org\/press_releases\/20241014_international_community_will_be_complicit_if_israel_forcibly_transfers_the_population_of_northern_gaza\">group of Israeli human rights organizations said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A former Israeli legal official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss war policies, said starvation of an armed enemy force would be allowed according to the international laws of war, but would be forbidden under the current circumstances in which civilians remain in northern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my opinion, there was an attempt to partially implement the [starve-or-leave] plan. Pretty quickly it became clear that it wasn\u2019t working,\u201d said Michael Milshtein, a former Israeli military intelligence official specializing in Palestinian affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Milshtein said the pressure tactic did not work in part because north Gaza civilians were not evacuating en masse, despite the military\u2019s orders.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Trapped at home in north Gaza<\/h3>\n<p>The U.N. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/content\/civilians-northern-gaza-cut-supplies-and-services-critical-survival\">says<\/a> more than 50,000 people have been displaced from Jabalia to other parts of northern Gaza over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Jabalia, where the offensive is the most intense, spoke to NPR on the phone and in voice messages punctuated by persistent sounds of what they said was Israeli drone fire.<\/p>\n<p>They said most of its residents fled to other areas of north Gaza under heavy fire, while the presence of Israeli tanks kept many residents trapped at home, unable to flee. They described quadcopters, a type of drone, flying through densely packed neighborhoods and firing on people and vehicles in the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed el-Balaawy said he fled the camp under heavy Israeli fire with a group of 25 people but 10 of them did not make it \u2014 they were injured or killed trying to flee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one looked behind them\u201d as they fled, he said. His relatives who stayed behind had run out of food and water, he said.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-4-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Amna Suleiman, 42, who taught science and math at the American International School in Gaza before the war, has been trapped at home in Jabalia since the siege began.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-28405\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5184;&#10;        --source-height: 3456;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x3456+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1d%2F18cbe78849d8bf54a041ae267197%2Fgettyimages-2174364401.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x3456+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1d%2F18cbe78849d8bf54a041ae267197%2Fgettyimages-2174364401.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x3456+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1d%2F18cbe78849d8bf54a041ae267197%2Fgettyimages-2174364401.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x3456+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1d%2F18cbe78849d8bf54a041ae267197%2Fgettyimages-2174364401.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x3456+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1d%2F18cbe78849d8bf54a041ae267197%2Fgettyimages-2174364401.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x3456+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1d%2F18cbe78849d8bf54a041ae267197%2Fgettyimages-2174364401.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x3456+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1d%2F18cbe78849d8bf54a041ae267197%2Fgettyimages-2174364401.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x3456+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1d%2F18cbe78849d8bf54a041ae267197%2Fgettyimages-2174364401.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1300px) 763px, (min-width: 1025px) calc(100vw - 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496px), (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 171px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x3456+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1d%2F18cbe78849d8bf54a041ae267197%2Fgettyimages-2174364401.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x3456+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1d%2F18cbe78849d8bf54a041ae267197%2Fgettyimages-2174364401.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Displaced Palestinian children eat food after receiving aid distributed by a charity at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza, on Sept. 23.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Displaced Palestinian children eat food after receiving aid distributed by a charity at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza, on Sept. 23.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Mahmoud Issa\/Middle East Images\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Mahmoud Issa\/Middle East Images\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m worried, if we will be here for [more] days, we may finish all the water that we have,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Suleiman used to lead a women\u2019s bicycling group in Gaza, the first to publicly ride in the conservative Hamas-controlled territory. Her bicycles were damaged in an explosion when the war began last year, and two of her sisters were killed in an Israeli airstrike a month into the war, on Nov. 19, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m dreaming every day. I\u2019m asking God every day to \u2026 take us to the sky, near our beloved people who left us in those bad and dangerous days,\u201d Suleiman said in a voice message pierced by the sound of heavy gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are civilians. We deserve a life like others,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Estrin reported from Tel Aviv. Aya Batrawy reported from Washington, D.C. 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