Israel exacerbates humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

The humanitarian tragedy in the Gaza Strip will certainly worsen further, in light of Israel’s insistence on continuing its aggression and controlling all aspects of Palestinian life, including humanitarian aid, which Israel is trying by all means to restrict, and using the weapon of starvation to force citizens to leave their tents and homes and flee the northern Gaza Strip.

Yesterday, the Israeli government informed the Supreme Court that it does not have effective control over the Gaza Strip, and therefore will not allow aid trucks to enter, and will not agree to the entry of food supplies into the Strip through independent traders.

It is clear that Israel exploited the incidents of theft of some aid by gangs, to cling to this illusory justification, because in reality it can control the issue of aid, and it can allow international organizations, bodies, associations and individuals to deliver aid trucks to Gaza, but the writing is clearly read from the title of the Israeli rejection.

Pictures of Gazans standing in long queues and waiting for hours to get bread are passing by, and they convey scenes of sadness, pain and grief. What is the state that the people of Gaza have reached, as they are mortally struck by hunger?

The images of the detainees in front of Kamal Adwan Hospital, which was destroyed, in their underwear only, under the rain and the biting cold, which Israel seeks to broadcast constantly in an attempt to break the will of the citizens and discourage them, are a true translation of the extent of the crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, its violation of all standards of humanity, and its treatment with unprecedented brutality in history, in addition to the images of the refugees in Beit Lahia who are being displaced under the threat of death, and what was issued by the Civil Defense, which announced yesterday that most of its vehicles have stopped working due to the lack of fuel and water, and that its crews are unable to respond to citizens’ calls due to Israel’s refusal to allow fuel and rescue equipment into Gaza.

These scenes and many others do not pass a day in the Gaza Strip without seeing them top the pages, platforms and engines of electronic media, and in contrast, the Hebrew media brags and publishes through its television channels the data that the army is pumping out about the arrest of 1,300 Palestinians in Jabalia, the assassination of more than 1,350, and the displacement of about 60,000, boasting that this is a military achievement for Israel, on the assumption that these are activists and resistance fighters, while the truth is that most of the martyrs are children and women.

A number of Israeli military officials have made recommendations to Netanyahu stating that the military operation in the northern Gaza Strip has achieved its goals, and that its continuation puts the detainees at risk. However, Netanyahu and his new Minister of Defense refuse to deal with this information and insist on continuing the aggression. Even the proposals of the leaders of the Israeli negotiating team to expand the parameters and scope of this file were not approved by Netanyahu, who insists on continuing the war to achieve his political and partisan goals.

Israel is exacerbating the humanitarian catastrophe and consecrating it as a reality in the Gaza Strip, and is persisting in committing more massacres against our defenseless Palestinian people, thus violating international humanitarian law. There is no one to deter it or stop it from this aggressive criminal behavior. The question is: How long, and what is the fate of the people of Gaza who are besieged by disasters from every side?