The strip has the largest number of amputees in the world // This war genocidal It is the failure of international laws: Palestinian premier // Israel bombs Beit Lahiya
▲ Khan Yunis neighborhood, in the Gaza Strip, devastated by Israeli bombings.Photo Afp
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La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, December 3, 2024, p. 21
Cairo., Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), yesterday described the situation in the Gaza Strip as frightening and apocalypticand warned that the conditions faced by Palestinians in the territory may constitute international crimes of the most serious.
In a speech read by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed during a conference in Cairo aimed at increasing aid to the enclave, Guterres said: the catastrophe it’s nothing else than the total collapse of our humanity. The nightmare has to end, we cannot continue looking elsewhere.
He specified that malnutrition is rampant and famine imminent. Meanwhile, the health system has collapsedHe also added that the Palestinian enclave now has the largest number of child amputees in the worldwith many losing limbs and undergoing surgeries without even anesthesia.
Aid to Gaza It is not a logistics crisisbut rather a crisis of political will and respect for the fundamental principles of international humanitarian lawstated the person in charge of the international organization.
The Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Mohamed Mustafa, stated that the coastal enclave is the subject of a genocidal war which represents a failure for humanity and for all international laws, which is why he called for respect for United Nations resolutions, while the Foreign Ministry condemned the call by the Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, to expel the population from their lands. of the strip.
Gaza faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. It is a disaster zone where the population suffers hunger and destruction, while Israel, the occupying force, uses this as a weapon of war.he maintained before stating that What is being seen in Gaza is a large-scale, deliberate and systematic famine, and not just an absence of assistance.
Mustafa stressed that the meeting in Cairo is an opportunity to reiterate the rejection of the occupation of Gaza, the closure of its border crossings and any action that leads to population reduction of the enclave.
The Israeli army bombed houses in night attacks in northern Gaza, an operation that eliminated at least 15 people in one of the buildings in the city of Beit Lahiya, according to information from Palestinian medical personnel.
More people were injured in the attack and others disappeared after ramming a house that was sheltering displaced people, without rescue teams being able to immediately reach them, reported the Palestinian civil emergency service, which resulted, as of yesterday, in 44 1,466 and more than 105,000 people injured.
The Gaza authorities called amazing the decision of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA) to suspend the delivery of humanitarian aid.
The press office of the Gazan authorities also blamed Tel Aviv. of the repercussions of this dangerous decision and asked the agency to increase aid through other safe steps.
