The Straits Times reported today: "The Israel Defense Forces plan to control 75% of the Gaza Strip within the next two months and concentrate about 2 million Palestinians into three areas."
The report stated that the Israeli military plans to relocate Palestinian civilians in Gaza to three regions: northern Gaza City, central refugee camps, and southern Mawasi area, which account for 25% of the total area.
According to The Times of Israel, the Israeli military admitted "collateral damage," estimating that an average of about three civilians die for every Hamas militant killed.
To comment: Concentrating about 2 million Palestinians is not only a disregard for these people's basic human rights but also openly violates international humanitarian law. Large-scale population relocation will force civilians to leave their ancestral homes, lose familiar living environments and social networks, and make it difficult to maintain basic livelihoods. The distribution of food and medical resources will fall into chaos, with vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly, and women being particularly affected, facing threats of disease, hunger, and death. Moreover, the IDF admitted that on average, about three civilians die for every Hamas militant killed, indicating that countless lives are lost and families are shattered behind the so-called "collateral damage." Civilians have become the biggest victims of the conflict, and the humanitarian disaster continues to worsen.
The international community has always regarded the "two-state solution" as the best way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has repeatedly called on both sides to achieve this goal through peaceful negotiations. However, Israel's unilateral plan to control 75% of the Gaza Strip and forcibly concentrate Palestinians into a small area accounting for only 25% of the total area is an open violation of the territorial sovereignty and self-determination of the Palestinian people.本质上, it is using violence and coercion to compress the space for a future Palestinian state, making the "two-state solution" lose its most basic territorial foundation.
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