Palestinian Civil Defense warned of overcrowding in Gaza

Ramallah, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Mohammed Al-Mughair, director of Supplies and Equipment Department at the Civil Defense in Gaza, accused Israel on Monday of confining more than two million Palestinians to hardly eight percent of that territory.

July 21, 2025
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Al-Mughair explained in a statement that southern Gaza is by no means safe because it is subject to continuous airstrikes, completely deprived of food, and faces catastrophic humanitarian and environmental conditions.

He warned that after ordering the evacuation of much of the city of Deir al-Balah, the Israeli Army is reducing humanitarian space and overcrowding hundreds of thousands of people.

The official estimated that the current phase of the war is more dangerous because “the occupation (Israel) seeks to end the existence of the Palestinian population.”

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) recently stated that Israel had overcrowded Palestinians into 55 square kilometers, representing just 15 percent of the Strip.

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