The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has issued a stark warning regarding plans to carve out a new corridor isolating East Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, from the West, an act it describes as an attempt to fragment the Gaza Strip, entrench the occupation, and intensify the humanitarian catastrophe facing Palestinian civilians.
The Israeli plan, according to the Ministry, involves confining residents into isolated zones under the guise of so-called “tent cities,” as a prelude to their forced displacement.
In its statement released Wednesday, the Ministry underscored that this strategy is unfolding alongside widespread destruction of remaining homes and infrastructure across central and southern Gaza.
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Citing Hebrew-language media, the Ministry noted that approximately 70% of buildings in Gaza have been reduced to rubble.
The statement further stressed that the Israeli government is racing against time, using the prolonged war to render the entire Gaza Strip uninhabitable, either through mass displacement or systematic killings, as witnessed daily at sites dubbed “aid distribution centers.”
Furthermore, the Ministry condemned what it described as unjustifiable international inaction, warning that such silence undermines the credibility of nations and global institutions tasked with protecting civilians.
It called for depoliticizing humanitarian aid and ending the use of basic human necessities as leverage for coercion or exchange.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has sounded the alarm over a surge in child malnutrition in Gaza, warning that the rate of acute malnutrition among children under five has doubled between March and June due to the Israeli blockade.
On Wednesday, July 16th, 2025, Day 648 of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and Day 119 since Israel violated the mediated ceasefire agreement on March 18, medical sources reported that at least 79, including 21 aid seekers, as Israeli forces carried out airstrikes and shelling across the enclave.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed at least 58,573 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including more than 17,131 children, 10,190 women, 4,147 elders, and 257 journalists. The number of wounded has reached 139,607, mostly children and women. Additionally, over 9,000 Palestinians remain missing, believed to be trapped under rubble across various areas of the devastated Gaza Strip.
