PALESTINE

Sat 19 Oct 2024 10:03 am - Jerusalem Time

400,000 citizens face the horrors of the massacre of starvation and forced displacement in northern Gaza

377 days and the occupying state continues to commit the crime of genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. For the thirteenth consecutive day, the Israeli occupation continues to commit the most heinous crimes in the northern Gaza Strip, where it has imposed a tight military siege on the areas of Jabalia, Jabalia camp, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun. The Ministry of Health has so far announced the deaths of nearly 400 martyrs, including about 80 whose bodies are still lying in the streets, and the occupation prevents access to them. Anyone who tries to retrieve them is at risk of being targeted. In addition, an unknown number of missing persons are still under the rubble as a result of the policy of bombing homes over the heads of their residents.


Hundreds of wounded are added to the record of this crime, in addition to the occupation forces forcing some citizens to follow illegal forced displacement orders under threat of death, as about 50,000 citizens were displaced from their homes immediately, while a stifling siege was imposed on those who remained, with the aim of starving them, and deliberately depriving them of treatment and health services, by targeting health sector workers, health facilities, ambulances, and civil defense. It even reached the point of targeting “Al-Yaman Al-Saeed Hospital”, putting it out of service, and killing and wounding those inside it from doctors, nurses, patients, and displaced persons, in addition to threatening “Kamal Adwan Hospital” with the necessity of evacuation. It is worth noting that Kamal Adwan Hospital is the most important and largest medical center that provides health services to northern Gaza, noting that it suffers from a severe shortage of all medical supplies, and everyone who currently receives treatment services in this hospital, especially premature babies, is considered on the verge of death due to the occupation’s siege of the north, and its prevention of the entry of aid and medical supplies.


The occupation also deliberately targets journalists, as the press helmet and protective shield have become an easy signal to target journalists, to prevent them from reporting the atrocities it is practicing against citizens and their capabilities in the north, where a number of journalists were martyred and injured in full view of everyone without anyone moving a finger, which confirms the occupation’s intent in targeting journalists, in a clear attempt to silence mouths, prevent them from documenting its crimes, and not provide arguments and evidence to pursue it in international courts, while continuing the approach of not holding the occupation accountable for its crimes, and continuing the approach of its impunity.


At the level of infrastructure and citizens’ property, the occupation destroyed the main headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, which is one of the most prominent stations through which aid is distributed, without any consideration for the legal and honorary status of the international institution that was established by international will. The occupation deliberately destroyed 7 water wells, in addition to destroying sewage networks, main roads, official headquarters, headquarters of some civil institutions, sports clubs, schools, and communications networks. It closed all entrances and exits to the aforementioned area with sand barriers, in addition to placing explosive barrels next to citizens’ homes and detonating them without any consideration for their lives, with the aim of destroying the largest possible number of homes and residential blocks, specifically in the western area of Jabalia camp. The occupation continues - until this statement is written - to target every moving creature, imposing house arrest on everyone who remains in their homes, without allowing them to try to stay alive, imposing death as their only available option, either by shooting from drones that never leave the skies of residential neighborhoods, or by artillery shelling or by fighter jets that continue to demolish homes on the heads of their residents, or by blowing up homes with explosive barrels, or by dying of hunger and thirst.


Accordingly, in light of these atrocities being committed before the world, and without any serious action to stop the occupation from continuing to commit its crimes, which aim to kill all chances of the Palestinian remaining on his land, we emphasize the following:


  • The need for all countries to take urgent and concrete measures to immediately stop the genocide committed by the occupation against the Gaza Strip.

  • The necessity for all countries to stop supplying weapons to the Israeli occupation army, and for all countries and their officials to refrain from providing any political cover for the crimes committed.

  • Urgently demand the opening of a humanitarian corridor, and ensure the entry of medical and food aid convoys into northern Gaza, under international supervision, while providing measures to ensure their arrival without being targeted by the occupation forces.

  • The necessity of preventing the occupation from continuing its plan aimed at displacing Palestinian citizens from their lands, especially northern Gaza.
  • Stop the deliberate targeting of medical personnel and facilities, with the aim of preventing them from carrying out their humanitarian duty, and the necessity of obligating them to facilitate their work.

  • Preventing the occupation from continuing to target journalists, punishing it for its crimes against journalists, and preventing its impunity.

  • Bringing humanitarian and medical aid into the northern Gaza Strip on a daily basis and under UN supervision, without any restrictions or conditions.

  • Allowing for urgent infrastructure repairs to enable citizens to obtain water and sanitation services at the very least.

  • Holding the occupation accountable for its crimes, in accordance with the requirements of international law and international humanitarian law.

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400,000 citizens face the horrors of the massacre of starvation and forced displacement in northern Gaza

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