B’Tselem calls for action against Israel's ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has accused Israel of taking advantage of the world's diverted attention to commit "ethnic cleansing" in northern Gaza.

In a statement, B’Tselem said that Israel intends to forcibly displace residents of northern Gaza, committing what it calls some of the gravest crimes under the laws of war.

The group called on nations and international organisations to take "immediate, decisive" action.

The statement added that since Israel's current operation in northern Gaza began on 5 October, the area has been under near-total siege and relentlessly bombarded by Israeli forces.

"Israel has cut them off from the world," the statement noted, with testimonies describing dead bodies in the streets, widespread hunger, and no access to drinking water