Gaza strip: Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced the death of five Palestinians, including two children, within the past 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition. This tragic event highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the region.
According to Emirates News Agency, this brings the total number of starvation-related fatalities to 263, including 112 children. On another front, the Jerusalem Governorate revealed that around 7,000 Palestinian residents living in 22 communities in the Jerusalem desert are facing the risk of forced displacement. This is due to the implementation of the Israeli settlement project known as E1, along with the Sovereignty Road project.
The Governorate explained in a statement that this colonial project would almost completely isolate and separate the communities of Jabal al-Baba and Wadi Jameel from the town of Al-Eizariya, where around 100 people live in these two communities. The situation has further escalated following the announcement by Israeli Fin
ance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who approved the construction of thousands of settlement units under the ‘E1’ plan, located east of Jerusalem.
This development represents a new blow to the possibility of realizing a Palestinian state on the ground. It undermines its geographic and demographic unity and entrenches the division of the West Bank into isolated areas separated from one another.