Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh announced today, Monday, his rejection of Israeli calls to establish temporary camps for the displaced in the southern Gaza Strip, during his speech at the weekly government meeting in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank.

Shtayyeh said: "We refuse to establish temporary camps for the displaced, as the Israeli army requests from international organizations. We want our people to return to their homes from which they were displaced. In the history of Palestine, there is no such thing as temporary. Experience has taught us that temporary is permanent."

He added: "We are struggling in all international circles to stop the aggression, and to secure the delivery of food and medicine to all areas of the Gaza Strip, especially the north, and we are doing everything possible to save our people there."

In this context, Shtayyeh called on the United Nations and the European Union to "drop aid into the Gaza Strip, especially the north, by parachute, as happened in various experiences in the world, and to open relief corridors to Gaza and not limit it to the Rafah crossing only."

He continued: “I say to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who opposes the return of authority to Gaza and wants to maintain the occupation for a long time, that his policy will bring calamity on them,” noting that the Gaza Strip “is part of the land of Palestine that was occupied in 1967, and we do not need anyone’s permission to help our people.” there".

Al-Shifa Hospital

Shtayyeh expressed his "regret that some countries are still calling for Israel's right to defend itself," explaining that "the aggressor has no right to self-defense."

He continued: "Whoever supplies Israel with weapons now is a partner in the aggression against the blood of children, women and innocent people from our people," noting that Israel has made Al-Shifa Hospital "an address for its control over Gaza, as if it were a military barracks."

He added: "The (Al-Shifa) hospital contains wounded and sick people, and whatever the justification, bombing hospitals, cutting off their electricity, and preventing fuel and oil from reaching them can only be considered a war crime according to international humanitarian law."

For 3 days, the Israeli occupation forces have besieged the vicinity of hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, denying water, food and fuel to these health facilities. The occupation army is targeting Al-Shifa Hospital and its surroundings, and the rest of the hospitals in the Strip, with continuous bombing.

Earlier today, the director of the Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, Muhammad Abu Salamiya, announced that the number of martyrs due to the interruption of services and electricity in the hospital had risen to 20 people, including 6 premature babies and 9 wounded and other patients in the intensive care department.