The official stated that Israel did not force the residents of the region to leave, claiming that “the safer area in the Gaza Strip is in the south, but it is up to them to decide whether to go or not.”

Gaza civil defense agency spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said late Sunday that the process had left 100,000 people under “siege”.

“For 22 days, not a drop of water or bread entered the northern Gaza Strip,” Bassal said in his statement. he said.

“The situation of Palestinian civilians trapped in northern Gaza is unbearable,” said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.