The more than 35,000 Palestinian deaths in the last 219 days (since October 7), more than triple the deaths since the first intifada more than 35 years ago, in 1988.
The Israeli Armed Forces have once again attacked Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, in a new operation that has been preceded by an intense bombardment in the vicinity of what is considered the largest camp for displaced persons in the Palestinian enclave. An incursion, which began during the night, after, according to Israel, a “regrouping” of Hamas forces in the area was detected.
The number of deaths in the Gaza Strip since this “final war” of Israel began has exceeded 35,000 this Sunday, according to data from the Gaza Ministry of Health. B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, put the number of Palestinians killed in the two intifadas and three wars in Gaza from 1988 to September 2023 at 11,600. The total number of victims in these seven months of Israeli offensive and siege, more than triple that of the last 35 years.
In the last 24 hours, Israeli forces have killed 63 people in the devastated Palestinian enclave, bringing the total number of deaths since October to 35,034. At least 114 have also been wounded in the last few hours, raising the total number of injured since The offensive began at 78,755. This is in any case a provisional balance, since the Gazan authorities have warned that there are still victims, around 10,000, under the 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 from starvation. At least 493 health workers have died and 310 are reportedly detained, although dozens of them remain missing. In addition, the Israeli attacks have left 33 hospitals and 55 health centers inoperative, which represents the “destruction of the health system.”
The figures are known while the Israeli army expands its attacks in Rafahat the southernmost end of the Strip, where it is estimated that some 300,000 people have fled due to the constant threat of bombings.
Six days after the first evacuation order in the neighborhoods on the eastern outskirts of Rafah, which affected some 100,000 residents, Israel yesterday ordered the departure of the civilian population in the Rafah and Shabura camps, and in the neighborhoods from Adari and Geneina, advancing towards the center of the city, which hosts 1.4 million displaced people.
Egypt joins the lawsuit at the ICJ
He Egyptian government announced this Sunday that he will request to join the proceedings against Israel due to the risk of genocide in Gaza in the face of international Court of Justice (ICJ).
“Egypt announces intention to formally intervene to support 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 Strip. of Gaza,” according to a statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
The request “comes in light of the worsening severity and scope of Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, and the continued perpetration of systematic practices against the Palestinian people,” the note adds.
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 the increase in humanitarian aid and for the reconstruction of the strip, practically devastated by the war. “But a ceasefire will be just the beginning. It will be a long road out of the devastation and trauma of this war.”
For his part, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, this Sunday condemned Israel’s new operation in Rafah, and the resulting forced displacement orders against the Palestinian population of the town. “Where does (Israel) want them to go? There is no safe place left in Gaza! These are people who are exhausted, who are hungry and who have run out of options. The other cities in Gaza, like Khan Yunis, which in principle should house these people have been reduced to rubble and are still under attack,” he said.
For all these reasons, Turk has warned once again that a large-scale Israeli military incursion into Rafah, in this context, “would have a catastrophic impact” and could be the trigger for “new crimes and atrocities.”
“I find it impossible to reconcile these evacuation orders, much less an all-out assault, in an area so densely populated with civilians, with the binding requirements of international law and the provisional measures ordered in this regard by the International Court of Justice,” he said. ditched
Source: Eitb
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