As part of its campaign, Israeli troops are carrying out mass killings, arbitrary arrests, and using food and water as a weapons of war, the non-governmental organization said in a statement.

The military launches raids aimed at eliminating the simplest aspects of life in Gaza, the group said, citing attacks on street vendors and Internet distribution points as examples.

The Monitor estimated that the soldiers are impeding any attempt to restore minimal aspects and livelihoods in Gaza City and the surrounding area.

The plan is to make life unbearable there, coerce residents and push them south, he stressed.

Israel deliberately intends, through killing and starvation, to impose forced displacement on the residents of the coastal enclave, where more than two million people live, it stressed.

The group also criticized aerial bombardments against overpopulated areas and UN schools housing refugees.

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