Speaking at the Humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories debate at the Westminster Hall on Tuesday, Labour lawmaker, Patricia Ferguson, referenced parliamentary evidence given by retired vascular surgeon, Prof. Nizam Mamode, who has returned to the UK from Gaza and explained how Israel deliberately targeted the Palestinian children....
The detentions, which occurred between Saturday night and Sunday morning, took place in several districts, including Hebron, Ramallah, Qalqilya, Tulkarm, Salfit, and Jerusalem.
In a statement, the city government said: “This persistent fuel stoppage has disrupted essential services, including the operation of water wells and desalination plants, leaving over 1.2 million citizens and displaced individuals in Khan Younis without potable and usable water.”
In a statement, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for the Palestinian Presidency, called for “urgent international intervention to prevent further devastation caused by Israeli actions.”
Medical sources said that the Israeli airstrikes bombed homes of citizens in the vicinity of Musab bin Omair Mosque in the town of Beit Lahia, north of Gaza Strip, killing a number of citizens, including children.
The Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories, accused Israel of intentionally imposing life-threatening conditions on Palestinians, including the use of starvation as a method of warfare.
In a comprehensive report released yesterday titled ‘Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged’, HRW documents how Israeli authorities have caused the displacement of 1.9 million Palestinians out of Gaza’s population of 2.2 million through a systematic campaign of evacuation orders, attacks on designated safe zones and restrictions on humanitarian aid.
During a session of the International Development Committee in Britain’s House of Commons on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, retired surgeon, Nizam Mamode – who worked at Nasser Hospital from mid-August to mid-September – stated that 60 to 70 per cent of those they treated in Gaza were women and children.
'Israel's conduct of hostilities has destroyed Gaza's civilian infrastructure, including places that have protected status under international law,' says assistant secretary-general for human rights
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it had submitted 98 requests to the Israeli authorities for permission to cross the checkpoint along the Gaza Valley, but only 15 were granted, according to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
The call came shortly after at least 36 civilians, including 15 children, were killed in an Israeli strike on an inhabited home in Jabalia in northern Gaza.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, announced in a statement: “Our work has been forcibly suspended for 18 days due to relentless targeting, depriving thousands of citizens in northern Gaza of critical care.”
Lazzarini's comments came in a statement late last night, in which he described the situation as dire, adding, "Unfortunately, this is not surprising. Famine is likely to occur in northern Gaza." He condemned Israel's tactics, stating that the Israeli military has "used hunger as a weapon," denying the people of Gaza access to essential supplies, including ...
“Immediate action, within days not weeks, is required from all actors who are directly taking part in the conflict, or have influence on its conduct, to avert and alleviate this catastrophic situation,” the independent Famine Review Committee (FRC) said in a rare alert.