Palestinian Foreign Ministry warns of Israeli settlement plan in north Gaza Strip

GAZA, Sept. 14 (YPA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned on Saturday against evacuating citizens from the northern Gaza Strip in preparation for Israeli settlement there, and stressed that exploding the situation in the West Bank aims to overthrow the Palestinian Authority.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in its statement: “We warn of the dangers resulting from the occupation’s evacuation of the northern Gaza Strip of the Palestinian citizens present there, and considers it a prelude to starting to annex the Strip and essential parts of it in preparation for settlement there.”

“This comes at a time when the ruling Israeli right is mobilizing all its tools and capabilities to explode the situation in the occupied West Bank with the aim of facilitating the annexation of the West Bank and overthrowing the Palestinian National Authority”, the Ministry added.

It stressed that “the international failure to stop the war of extermination and displacement provides the extremist Israeli occupation government with time needed to implement its colonial plans in the West Bank and Gaza, and encourages it to continue to strike the foundations of the Palestinian state and its liquidation.”

The Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has been ongoing since the 7th of October 2023, which resulted in the deaths of 41,182 citizens and 95,280 others injured.