Over one million Palestinians remain in Gaza City and north
9/12/2025 6:04:45 PM
Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 1.3 million Palestinians, including 350,000 children, remain in Gaza City and the north, despite Israel’s relentless bombardment and forced evacuation threats.
According to the office, Israeli authorities have reportedly warned that those who leave northern Gaza this time will not be allowed to return – a move rights groups say would amount to permanent forced transfer and a war crime under international law.
The so-called “safe humanitarian zones” in Khan Younis and Rafah, where Israeli forces have forced more than 800,000 people to shelter, have been bombed more than 100 times, killing more than 2,000 people, it said.
The office added that there is no functioning infrastructure, medical care, water, or electricity there, and accused Israel of deliberately cutting water lines to Khan Younis to make life “nearly impossible”.
According to the office, Israeli authorities have reportedly warned that those who leave northern Gaza this time will not be allowed to return – a move rights groups say would amount to permanent forced transfer and a war crime under international law.
The so-called “safe humanitarian zones” in Khan Younis and Rafah, where Israeli forces have forced more than 800,000 people to shelter, have been bombed more than 100 times, killing more than 2,000 people, it said.
The office added that there is no functioning infrastructure, medical care, water, or electricity there, and accused Israel of deliberately cutting water lines to Khan Younis to make life “nearly impossible”.