Israeli Forces Continue Offensive in Northern Gaza
The Facts
Israel continued its offensive in Northern Gaza on Tuesday, placing hospitals and shelters for displaced people under siege, according to residents and medics. Residents reported that Israeli soldiers rounded up men and ordered women to leave the Jabalia refugee camp.
Footage on social media and released by Israeli media depict crowds of displaced Palestinians fleeing Jabalia via an Israeli checkpoint. Residents said that soldiers raided schools and marched out the displaced people sheltering in them at gunpoint.
The Spin
Though the situation in the region continues to escalate, the US has stood firm in its role as a mediator. Israel has every right to respond to the daily terror attacks it has seen since Oct. 7. However, it is in no one's interest for tensions to explode into a wider regional war. The US will continue to work toward regional stability.
Hamas continues to use Gaza's civilian population as human shields as it increasingly converts schools and hospitals into command and control centers. Indeed, Hamas is solely to blame for the destruction of Gaza and its impact on the civilian population, as it started this terrible war with the massacres of Oct. 7. Israel will continue to pacify the group and confront its regional enemies.
Israel's true goal in northern Gaza is to starve and exterminate the civilian population so that the region is never inhabited by Palestinians again. Israeli politicians and military officials have been quite clear about the country's genocidal goals, yet the media continues to ignore their horrifying ambitions. This is a campaign of mass extermination that has recieved the full backing of the US.
