Satellite images expose Israel's forced displacement by fire in the city of Gaza.

The Israeli army intensified its systematic targeting of high-rise towers, residential buildings, and vital civilian facilities in the city of Gaza, in preparation for executing an operation to occupy the city and expel its residents and displaced people.

Despite the Israeli army justifying its bombing of these towers by claiming the presence of military infrastructure or surveillance cameras, most of them housed displaced families and were surrounded by overcrowded camps, while some turned into rubble unfit for habitation after repeated targeting.

Yesterday, the occupation army began its military operation to occupy the city of Gaza with the participation of two military divisions so far. The army stated in a previous announcement, "We have entered another phase of the Gideon Vehicles operation in the heart of Gaza City," adding that "the goal of the operation is to destroy the infrastructure of Hamas and defeat it."

Satellite images of several areas in Gaza show that the targeting of the towers directly led to mass displacement from their surroundings, due to the intensity of the bombing and destruction, reinforcing that the occupation resorted to a policy of "fire density" to empty neighborhoods and push residents towards the south of the sector.

An analysis conducted by the "Synd" news verification agency within Al Jazeera documented the complete destruction of about 22 towers and residential buildings between September 2 and 15, including 14 towers and 8 buildings, most of which were inhabited.

Despite the prior warnings received by residents, they were often given no more than one hour to flee with what little belongings they could carry.

Maps indicated that the bombing concentrated in the area west of Gaza City, where most of the displaced from the north of the sector and the city gather, with the highest number of destruction recorded in the Al-Rimal neighborhood (12 targets), compared to 10 other targets in Tal Al-Hawa and the beach, coinciding with airstrikes that destroyed dozens of homes in the Beach Camp and Al-Daraj neighborhoods in Gaza City that were not documented on the map.

The highest destruction of towers and residential buildings occurred in the Al-Rimal neighborhood with 12 targeting operations, compared to 10 other operations in Tal Al-Hawa and the beach, as recorded on the map.

Simultaneously with the bombing of the towers and high buildings, the Israeli army launched a series of targeting operations that destroyed dozens of homes, particularly in the Beach Camp area and Al-Daraj neighborhood.

Data indicates that the fiercest wave of bombing was recorded on September 13 and 14.

Satellite images of areas such as the Tayba Tower and the "Al-Ru'ya" and "Al-Karama 5" buildings, among others in western Gaza, show a heavy movement of displaced people after the bombing, as makeshift and organized camps disbanded, and tens of thousands of families moved southward.

Other images recorded a noticeable decrease in the congestion of displaced people's tents around the Gaza port and the coastline, coinciding with intensified bombing in that area.

Israeli sources estimate that about 400,000 Palestinians have been displaced southward, but the government media office in Gaza confirmed yesterday that the number reached only 190,000, indicating that about one million Palestinians remain in Gaza City and its north, refusing forced displacement.

The office added that the "Mawasi" area in Khan Younis and Rafah – which the occupation promotes as a "safe" area – currently hosts more than 800,000 people, but it has been subjected to more than 109 airstrikes resulting in over two thousand martyrs.

It also completely lacks basic life necessities such as hospitals, infrastructure, water and electricity services, and food, making survival there nearly impossible.

The policy of systematic targeting of residential towers and buildings was not new, as the Israeli army had previously followed it between May 28 and June 2 of this year.

According to data analysis conducted by the Synd agency within Al Jazeera, the army destroyed 51 sites during that period, including 24 residential buildings and 27 houses after evacuating their residents.

These targeting operations concentrated in the areas of Jabalia town, the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, and the Old City of Gaza, in addition to the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in the northwest of the city, all of which have been the scene of repeated Israeli military operations in recent months and the current period.