1M Palestinians under hundreds of Israeli bombs in Mawasi, Khan Younis

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen English
20 Sep 2025 18:35

Gaza's Government Media Office cautioned that the Israeli occupation is trying to cram 1.7 million Palestinians in tiny so-called safe zones as the Strip's ethnic cleansing.

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Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern occupied Palestine, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP)

Mawasi and Khan Younis, home to around one million Palestinians, have been bombarded with over 110 Israeli airstrikes and relentless shelling, which resulted in the brutal murders of more than 2,000 people, the Government Media Office in Gaza said on Saturday.

Palestinians in Mawasi and Khan Younis are fully deprived of basic necessities to ensure their survival, while life has become unbearable and almost impossible, the statement cautioned. Meanwhile, so-called "safe" or "shelter" zones, identified by the Israeli occupation, constitute only 12% of the Gaza Strip, with the Israeli entity attempting to forcibly displace and cram more than 1.7 million people into these zones.

In this context, the media office noted that the Israeli occupation is forcibly displacing about 270,000 Palestinians from Gaza City towards the south of the Strip, as part of its systematic displacement policy and ethnic cleansing strategy.

More than 900,000 Palestinians remain steadfast in Gaza City and its northern areas, Gaza's media office stated, despite the intensity of the aggression, pointing to a reverse displacement movement represented by the return of more than 22,000 citizens to their original areas within the city.

Over 230,000 victims of Israeli bloodthirst

"Israel's" genocide in Gaza has now reached unprecedented levels of monstrosity. On Friday, September 19, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that 33 martyrs were received by hospitals in the last 24 hours, including one body pulled from beneath the rubble. An additional 146 injuries were also recorded.

Rescue and civil defense crews remain unable to reach numerous victims still trapped under debris or lying on the streets.

According to the Ministry of Health, continued Israeli targeting and the collapse of vital infrastructure have left emergency teams without the capacity to respond adequately.

Since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7, 2023, the total number of martyrs has reached 65,174, with 166,071 others wounded, a total of 231,245 casualties.

Since the war resumed on March 18, 2025, the toll stands at 12,622 martyrs and 54,030 injuries, a staggering rise in just six months.