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  1. US plan in Gaza: forced ghettoisation, annexation, mass detention, resource plunder 

    Palestinian Territory – The consequences of the US plan to support dividing the Gaza Strip into green and red zones separated by a yellow military line carry grave risks, including the effective displacement of Palestinians from their homes and the transformation of large parts of Gaza into closed military zones under the direct control of the Israeli army.This plan entrenches long-term illegal control and the forcible de facto annexation of territory. It imposes unlawful collective imprisonment on the civilian population, in clear violation of international law and the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.Preliminary information indicates that the US plan for the Gaza Strip, being developed through the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), is based on imposing a rigid geographical separation system that divides Gaza into population blocks and closed military zones.Accordingly, more than half of the Gaza Strip is effectively designated as a closed military zone under the direct control of the Israeli army. Within this area, strict control and management systems are imposed through severe restrictions on movement, the regulation of aid and basic services, and the deprivation of fundamental rights. These measures are used as tools of coercion to force the population to leave their homes and relocate to designated “safe” areas within the same closed zone, without any genuine option to remain or return.The first phase of the plan divides the Gaza Strip into a red zone covering 47 per cent, which contains most of the civilian population, and a green zone covering 53 per cent, which is under full Israeli military control and where armed groups established and armed by Israel are deployed. The two zones will be separated by a yellow line designated as a military buffer area, in which Israeli forces will apply a shoot-to-kill policy against anyone who approaches or attempts to cross it.

  2. CW: Casualty statistics in #Gaza; #WarCrimes

    The casualty statistics of the #GazanHealthMinistry have been independently checked after every previous escalation of this multi-decade conflict, both by the #UN and #Israel itself, which have reached comparable figures each time (to within ~10%), affirming the credibility of this source. There is no reason to think it is less credible this time. The attempt to undermine trust in these figures is a pretty blatant muddying of the waters to distract from the massive human toll of the enormous #IDF assault since 7th Oct.

    However, Gaza's ministry of health only reports confirmed deaths. It does not report the many thousands missing, the vast majority of whom are likely under rubble, dead or dying, with little to no prospect of being recovered anytime soon.

    And so, for balance, here are figures (covering 7th Oct–20th Nov) from a respected European human rights organisation with a focus on medicine: #EuroMedHumanRightsMonitor).

    Using either set of figures, the rate of #CivilianDeaths exceeds virtually all other 21stC conflicts. For instance, over the ten years of the bloody #SyrianCivilWar, civilians were dying at an average rate of about 3,500 each six weeks. In #Ukraine, the average number of civilian deaths each six weeks has been about 875.

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