The people of Gaza are facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. And beyond numbers and data, the consequences are irreversible and shocking for the people of Gaza. This Sunday, in addition to three journalists, 113 civilians were murdered.
The Israeli offensive in Gaza, in response to the Hamas attacks of October 7, is three months old today. 90 days, with its 90 nights, which, beyond numbers and data, have irreversible and shocking consequences for the people of Gaza.
The ‘war on Hamas’ started by Israel now adds to this 22,835 victims identified (usually women and children), and the total of injured In these 90 days they amount 58 416.
Only in the last 24 hours At least they were killed 113 citizens and another 250 were injured in various air and artillery attacks, from north to south of the strip.
According to the Palestinian agency Wafa, Israeli warplanes bombed a house north of the strip last morning, killing 20 people and wounding several dozen.
Sixteen people were killed and dozens injured in air and artillery bombardments in the center. In addition, four people living on one UNRWA shelter (UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees) died after their deaths bombed.
In the south, the most intense attacks have been reported in Khan Yunis. 17 persons (incl 12 children) have been murdered when the building they were in was bombed, and others 25 people were killed in an attack on a refugee camp from the city. In addition, a building housing many displaced persons in Rafah was bombed, killing seven people.
In addition, two million peoplethat affects the majority of the population unprecedented humanitarian crisiswith the collapse of hospitals, the outbreak of an epidemic and the shortage of drinking water, food, medicine and electricity.
Gaza’s civil defense loses 70% of its capabilities
Civil defense teams in Gaza have lost more than 70 percent of their capabilities as a result of Israel’s military offensive, making it impossible to rescue thousands of people missing from the rubble after the bombings, spokesman Mahmoud Basal said this Sunday . Basal has emphasized that this is believed to have come full circle 8,000 missing people in Gaza lie under the rubblebut Israeli forces prevent them from reaching many places.
He denounces that his teams are suffering direct and indirect attacks: “The occupation forces are deliberately destroying infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, which affects the freedom of movement of our teams,” he warned, in addition to arresting five of their members without their knowledge. place of residence.
Three journalists were murdered this Sunday
Others three journalists have been murdered this Sunday in the Gaza Strip during Israeli attacks, including Hamza al Dahdouhone of the sons of the head of the Qatari television correspondent Al Jazeera in the Palestinian enclave, Wael al Dahdouh.
Hamza al Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya They died when the car they were traveling in was attacked during reporting in Rafah, as confirmed by the Gaza government; while the photojournalist Ali Salem Abu Ajwa He was killed in an airstrike in Gaza City.
According to the non-governmental organization Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), this is the case 77 reporters killed since October 7 (110 according to Gaza authorities, who add influencers and intellectuals to the list), in addition to 16 injured, three missing and 21 detainees during the reporting of this war.
In particular, Al Jazeera accuses of ‘deliberate’ attacks to his boss in Gaza, Wael al Dahdouhwhose wife, a 7-year-old daughter and another son were killed a few weeks ago along with 21 other people in an Israeli bombardment of the Nuseirat refugee camp.
The journalist himself was injured and a colleague of his was killed a few days later in an Israeli drone strike while covering the bombing of a UN school in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
“The occupation forces are deliberately attacking our colleague Wael al Dahdouh and his family. The killing of Hamza al Dahdouh confirms the determination of the Israeli forces to continue the attacks on journalists and their families,” Al Jazeera added.
In that sense, the chain has demanded these actions require the intervention of the international community, and urged the International Criminal Court, world governments and the UN to do so ‘Holding Israel accountable for its crimes’.
Hearings this week in The Hague
The international Court of Justice (ICJ) will celebrate this day 11 and 12 sessions about the precautionary measures against Israel requested by South Africa, which the country accuses violating the Genocide Convention in Gaza.
On December 29, South Africa requested urgent precautionary measures to “protect the rights of the Palestinian people from further, serious and irreparable harm.”
The UN’s main judicial body, based in The Hague, has detailed that the hearings will take place on January 11, when it will be South Africa’s turn to present the case, and on January 12, when Israel will it will be his turn to defend the case. his case.position.
Source: EITB
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