807,000 Palestinians resilient in Northern Gaza: Statistics
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Palestinians have not left their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, remaining steadfast and showing their willingness to die proudly in their ancestral lands.
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A girl looks on as she stands by the rubble outside a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31. (AFP via Getty Images)
Despite the ongoing Israeli threats for Palestinians to "evacuate" the northern region of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics confirmed that 807,000 Palestinians continue to reside in the Gaza Governorate, including its northern area.
Palestinians have not left their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, remaining steadfast and showing their willingness to die proudly in their ancestral lands, especially amid Israeli propaganda claiming that "many" Palestinians have left their homes there.
Let the whole world see the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza! #ApartheidIsrael
— Fares Shehabi فارس الشهابي (@ShehabiFares) November 17, 2023
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According to the bureau, the population residing in Gaza and North Gaza governorates until November 11 amounted to 807,000 individuals, representing about 152,000 families out of the 1.2 million Palestinians who initially lived in those regions before the Israeli aggression.
400,000 people displaced from North
The statistics imply that nearly two-thirds of the population in the northern governorates still reside in the northern areas of the Strip. Meanwhile, around one-third of the residents of the northern governorates, approximately 400,000 people, have been forcibly displaced to the central and southern governorates of Gaza.
The statement also mentioned that the Palestinians who continue to reside in Gaza and North Gaza are concentrated in communities in Umm al-Nasr, Al Qarya Al Badawia, Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, Jabalia refugee camp, al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza City, al-Zahraa City, al-Mughraqa, and Juhor al-Dik.
Large number of casualties and injuries as a result of the Israeli airstrike on a residential neighborhood in Jabalia Camp, northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/4XIrXFtY2m
— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) November 16, 2023
Casualties among innocent children who were fetching drinking water for their displaced families in Jabalia, northern #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/0hvPNyJF93
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) November 15, 2023
It is worth noting that the statistics were compiled based on actual data collected before and during the aggression on Gaza using information from Palestinian communication companies and the Ministry of Communications.
Palestinians resilient in the face of a new Nakba
These figures were released amid renewed calls from the Israeli occupation for residents of neighborhoods in Gaza City and the northern strip to "evacuate" to the south of Gaza, claiming these areas are "safe". However, most northern Gaza residents have asserted their resilience, refusing to be forcibly displaced and rejecting a new Nakba.
The Israeli invading forces, after urging them to move to the south, have targeted evacuees, shelling them on public roads. Additionally, areas in the south of Wadi Gaza that the Israeli forces claimed were safe have seen numerous massacres.
So far, the brutal Israeli aggression on Gaza has continued for 42 consecutive days. Since the start of the aggression, it has resulted in over 11,500 martyrs, including at least 4,710 children and 3,160 women. Furthermore, around 29,800 people have been injured, with 70% of them being children and women. These figures are not final, and the aggression on Gaza continues, according to official Palestinian sources.
Invading Israeli forces persist in severing the communication and internet networks in Gaza. Israeli soldiers who stormed al-Shifa Complex in Gaza continue to roam within hospital wards and have detonated several explosives in its departments. They have also blocked access to the blood bank, drug stores, and food storage in the hospital. Tanks surround the hospital, as bulldozers conduct excavation operations in its courtyards.
On the other hand, Palestinian Resistance forces continued to repel Israeli forces' attacks on various fronts in Gaza, thwarting any attempt by Israeli military vehicles to advance on different fronts.
