When the bodies of dead become skeletons

The occupation's crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip continue, as the army kills them and leaves their bodies to be devoured by stray dogs, and it also prevents ambulance and civil defense crews from reaching them to evacuate them.

Referring to the statement of the Civil Defense in Gaza, which was issued yesterday, the occupation army is not only preventing health and rescue teams from reaching the bodies, but also targeting these teams by shooting at them and threatening them not to approach the bodies, especially in northern Gaza, while the horrific humanitarian disaster is represented by the bodies of the martyrs buried under the rubble since the beginning of the war, as it is clear from the Civil Defense report, which reached some of them, that they have decomposed and others have become skeletons, which makes the task of the rescue teams impossible to identify their owners, in addition to complicating the burial tasks, which should have been carried out a long time ago to honor the martyrs and the dead and bury them, but Israel is taking this measure in a step that can be described as one of the most severe, harshest and most difficult crimes that the Gaza Strip is going through.

The Civil Defense report also mentions the cruel sightings of stray dogs gnawing at and eating corpses in the areas of Zeitoun, Jabalia, Tel al-Zaatar, Beit Hanoun, eastern Khan Yunis, and Rafah.

In light of these serious crimes committed by Israel, the Palestinian Civil Defense appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross, demanding that it exert pressure on the occupation to implement the Guide for Dealing with Corpses and Dead Bodies in Times of War, with the aim of ensuring the continuation of its humanitarian services, including following standard and normative procedures for managing corpses and dead bodies, and ensuring the dignity of the dead in accordance with the guidelines issued by the United Nations.

Civil defense crews and medical relief teams must be allowed to move freely in all conflict areas, in accordance with international protocols, in order to deal with the bodies of the martyrs, noting that a large number of the wounded have become martyrs, as a result of being left to bleed from their wounds, without the occupation army allowing them to provide any medical service or assistance.

Israel constantly violates international humanitarian covenants and treaties, especially the Fourth Geneva Convention, which was adopted in 1949 and stipulates humanitarian protection for civilians in war zones and was signed by 196 countries. This requires it to take urgent and urgent action to compel the occupation to respect its commitment and implement it on the ground based on international law. But it is impossible. Israel, which does not abide by international covenants, has become a threat to all aspects and aspects of human life. After all these crimes, massacres and wars of extermination, it is unreasonable to demand that it implement its commitments and promises. The basic principle here is to expel it and remove it from all international bodies and organizations, and to impose the maximum penalties on it and its leaders responsible for these crimes.