News - Middle East: The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip says Israeli forces have killed more than 2,000 civilians in the northern part of the besieged territory, after the occupying regime launched a full-scale extermination and ethnic cleansing campaign there 38 days ago.

Ismail al-Thawabta, head of Gaza's Government Media Office, made the remarks on Tuesday, adding that the majority of those killed in the ongoing Israeli aggression are children, women, and the elderly.

He further denounced Israeli actions as a campaign of mass extermination against Palestinians in Gaza, particularly in the north, calling on the international community to promptly intervene and stop Israel’s genocidal war on the blockaded territory.

Thawabta also held the United States, the United Kingdom, and several European countries responsible for the ongoing violence in Gaza, accusing them of complicity in policies of “starvation and genocide.”

He also accused Israel of distributing “false maps” showing expanded “safe zones” for civilians in Gaza, saying these areas are frequently targeted with bombs and missiles, resulting in civilian casualties.

Back in October, the Israeli regime launched a full-scale extermination and ethnic cleansing campaign in northern Gaza with thousands of people forced to evacuate, including doctors.

No food has entered northern Gaza since then as the Israeli regime continues to weaponize starvation against the Palestinian people in order to force them to leave.

Journalists on the ground in northern Gaza, including in Jabalia, have reported about Israeli tanks approaching civilian areas, artillery shelling intensifying and quadcopters controlling the movement of people as they run helter-skelter for shelter.

According to reports from northern Gaza, Israeli forces have burned schools and attacked hospitals and medical staff. They have killed scores of people and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.

The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has already warned that women and children comprise nearly 70 percent of those killed in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s campaign of genocide in the besieged Palestinian territory.

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