Major General Giora Eiland stated in an interview with News’ The World that the 400,000 residents there should be given ten days to evacuate, and those who remain should be classified as combatants.
The former general is one of several who have demanded that people be removed from northern Gaza and that the remaining militants be besieged until they surrender.
He stated to chief presenter Mark Austin: “A siege is a legitimate, practical measure that can be taken against the enemy, and you can cause your enemy to surrender or to die in starvation.”
He stated that the other option was to employ “regular military tactics, and the result would be that thousands of civilians will be killed because the terrorists and civilians are living together” .
Those residents still in the north have either decided to stay there or are ill and at risk, according to Sam Rose, deputy head of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza.
