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Israel has deliberately made northern Gaza unlivable, say Palestinians. What comes next? [Video]

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Israeli attacks have created deplorable conditions across Gaza, but humanitarian groups say the month-long siege of towns in the north have essentially rendered the area unlivable.

And they accuse Israel’s military of inflicting starvation and destruction to ensure hundreds of thousands of Palestinians can never return to their homes.

In the Yarmouk sports stadium in Gaza City, which has been converted into a sprawling sea of tents for those who’ve fled from the besieged northern areas, every person a videographer working for CBC News spoke to described inhumane conditions.

Hashem Yehia el Laham, a 63-year-old father of seven, was forced to flee from his home in Jabalia and is now living in a tent in Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza City. (Mohamed El Saife/CBC News)

“It’s not just the war that is exhausting us. It’s the hunger that hurts us the most,” said Hashem Yehia el Laham, a 63-year-old father of …

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