The more than 35,000 Palestinian deaths in the past 219 days (since October 7) are more than three times the number of deaths since the first Intifada more than 35 years ago, in 1988.
Israeli forces have attacked Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, again in a new operation preceded by an intense bombardment near what is believed to be the largest camp for displaced persons in the Palestinian enclave. A raid that began at night after, according to Israel, a “regroupment” of Hamas forces was discovered in the area.
According to data from the Gaza Ministry of Health, the number of deaths in the Gaza Strip since the start of this “last war” against Israel passed 35,000 this Sunday. B’Tselem, the Israeli tion Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, estimates the number of Palestinians killed during the two Intifadas and three wars in Gaza from 1988 to September 2023 at 11,600 offensive and siege, more than triple that of the last 35 years.
In the past 24 hours, Israeli forces have killed 63 people in the devastated Palestinian enclave, bringing the total number of deaths since October to 35,034. 72% of fatalities are women and children. At least 114 people have also been wounded in recent hours, raising the total number of wounded since the start of the offensive to 78,755. This is at least a provisional balance, as Gaza authorities have warned that casualties still number 10,000. under rubble or in areas inaccessible to emergency services.
In addition, 17,000 children have lost one or both parents, while at least 30 people have died of starvation. At least 493 health workers have been killed and 310 have reportedly been arrested, although dozens of them remain missing. In addition, the Israeli attacks have put 33 hospitals and 55 health centers out of action, meaning the “destruction of the health care system.”
The figures are known while the The Israeli army expands its attacks in Rafahat the southern end of the Strip, where an estimated 300,000 people have fled due to the constant threat of bombing.
Six days after the first evacuation order in the eastern suburbs of Rafah, involving about 100,000 residents, Israel yesterday ordered the departure of the civilian population in the Rafah and Shabura camps, and in the Adari and Geneina neighborhoods, advancing towards the center of the city, where 1.4 million displaced people reside.
Egypt joins the lawsuit at the International Court of Justice
He Egyptian government announced this Sunday that he will apply to become a member of the proceedings against Israel because of the risk of genocide in Gaza in light of international Court of Justice (ICJ).
“Egypt announces its intention to formally intervene in support of South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel before the International Court of Justice to investigate Israel’s violations of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip,” it said. a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The request “comes in light of the increasing severity and scope of Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, and the continued perpetration of systematic practices against the Palestinian people,” the note added.
The Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, reiterated this Sunday from Kuwait his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the unconditional release of the hostages and an increase in humanitarian aid, and for the reconstruction of the strip, which was virtually destroyed by the war. “But a ceasefire will only be the beginning. It will be a long road to emerge from the devastation and trauma of this war.”
For his part, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turkon Sunday condemned Israel’s new operation in Rafah, and the resulting forced relocation orders against the city’s Palestinian population. “Where does (Israel) want them to go? There is no safe place left in Gaza! These are people who are exhausted, hungry and out of options. The other cities in Gaza, like Khan Younis, which should in principle house these people, have been reduced to rubble and are still under attack,” he said.
For all these reasons, Turk once again warned that a large-scale Israeli military incursion into Rafah in this context would “have a catastrophic impact” and could trigger “new crimes and atrocities.”
“I find it impossible to reconcile these evacuation orders, let alone an all-out attack, in an area so densely populated with civilians, with the binding requirements of international law and the provisional measures imposed in this regard by the International Court of Appeal. ‘ he said. dumped
Source: EITB
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