
After more than a month of blocking food and aid amid nonstop bombing, the Israel Defense Forces delivered another devastating mandate, declaring it will not allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza, despite it being a Palestinian territory.
The IDF Brig Gen Itzik Cohen told Israeli reporters during a media briefing on Tuesday that forces are nearing "the complete evacuation" of northern Gaza and "there is no intention of allowing the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to return to their homes," according to reporting by The Guardian.