The final stadium of the Israeli campaign To finish destroying how little he is standing in Gaza It seems to be underway. After mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists and launching a renewed land offensive to take the “Total control” of the stripits military spokesmen have ordered on Monday the “forced evacuation from the second city of the enclave, Jan Yunisdesignated as “combat zone”. The military has announced an “unprecedented attack” about the remains of the city “to destroy the capacities of terrorist groups in this area.” The new twist arrives in full siege of the few hospitals that continue operations, under the daily slaughter of tens- if not hundreds- of people and with almost all of the Population to the edge of the famineaccording to the United Nations. “We will destroy everything left by Gaza,” said Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Las Images of skeletal children eaten by hunger seem to have removed the consciences of some of the political leaders who have allowed with their material and diplomatic support that Gaza became for 19 months the most severely bombarded territory since World War II. In the last hours, pressed by the growing discomfort of USA, United Kingdom, Holland o Germanythe government of Binyamine Netanyahu He has approved the “Minimum Input of Humanitarian Aid.” The first since the borders of the enclave completely sealed almost 80 days ago. “Our best friends in the world, senators that I know for their unwavering support to Israel, warn that they will not be able to support us if images of Large -scale hunger“Netanyahu said after explicitly pointing to the “US pressure” As a trigger for the measure, rejected by its cabinet. “We must prevent famine for practical and diplomatic reasons. Without international support, we cannot complete our victory mission.”
Five trucks enter Gaza
At the moment it is nothing more than a drop in the ocean, a maneuver to cushion the pressure because, according to Ghassan Alian, at the head of the army department responsible for the activities in the occupied territories (Compel), only the entry of nine trucks. Insufficient to feed a single street, according to some Palestinians in the networks. The roughness will include powdered milk for babies, food and some medicine. But for now, no drinking water, according to Netanyahu. The first five trucks entered the late Monday and will be distributed in cooperation with the UN agencies, although the intention of the Israeli cabinet is to change the system soon so that it is US private security agencies that manage the system.
“Two million people suffer from hunger,” said the general secretary of the World Health Organization on Monday, Tedros Ghebreyesusafter remembering that 160,000 cubic tons of humanitarian aid They expect “blocked” on the other side of the border. “He Hungry risk It continues to increase due to the deliberate retention of humanitarian aid. “Numerous human rights organizations have accused Israel of using hunger as a weapon, a war crime forbidden by international humanitarian law. Most community kitchens have been forced to close in Gaza. Flour bag It is sold in the black market at $ 700. “During the first famine, in the first phase of the war, many people ate the fodder of the animals. They crushed him to make flour. Now there is not even that. Many. They search between garbage Anything, even if it is rotating food, “the Hispanic-Palestine journalist, Huda Hijazi, tells this newspaper from Gaza.
“We conquer, clean and stay”
All that comes in full resurgence of bombings. In advance of the taking of Jan Yunis, the Israeli army bombed during the day several points of the town, while also continued the operations in the North of the Stripwhere the hospital Al Nasser, According to the Ministry of Health. In the last 24 hours 136 Palestinians have died, according to the same source. Sunday were 140; Saturday, 146; Friday, 125. And so on every day. More than 53,000 Palestinians in these 19 months, not counting the thousands of disappeared buried under the debris.
Nothing is visos to finish soon, however. “We intend take control of the entire territory“Netanyahu repeated. But again he has been his finance minister, El Colono Bezalel Smotrichwho spoken more clearly about government intentions for the coming weeks. “Gaza’s tickets and outputs are over. We conquer, clean and stay until Hamás be destroyed. In between, we will destroy everything that remains of Gaza because it has become a great terrorist city, “Smotrich said.
Those genocidal intentions have been publicly telegraphic for many months. The International Court of Justice has issued precautionary measures forcing Israel to stop collective punishment, but have been repeatedly ignored. “We are reducing Rafah to debris, but all of Gaza will be reduced to debris,” the minister then added to Israeli public radio.
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