EVENT INFORMATION

9
October
2023

Israel announces a “complete siege” of Gaza

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📅 9 October 2023 📍 Palestine

Israel’s defence minister announced a complete siege, halting food, fuel, electricity and water supplies. OCHA documented the effects on Gaza’s two million residents, whose daily life and infrastructure were already shaped by Israel’s long-standing blockade. Electricity shortages interrupted water pumping, health care and sanitation. The announcement raised urgent questions under international humanitarian law about collective deprivation and the protection of civilians. This record describes the announced policy and its documented civilian effects without treating the announcement alone as a court ruling.

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Gaza residents

Yoav Gallant

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Israeli government

OCHA