Gaza
Strip, December, 30th 2008
Stop Israeli urbanicide
and genocide in Gaza!
Israel is currently engaging
in a full-scale military offensive against the Palestinian Gaza
Strip. What happening in Gaza now is terrible, the abuse of force
is totally unaccepted by the international communities where no
place is safe even an inch of Gaza Strip.
My heart is bleeding
when seeing what is happening in Gaza . Since the beginning of the
current military operation, 363 Palestinians were killed including
20 children (5.5%) and 18 women (4.9%). 1663 Palestinians were injured
including 252 children (15%) and 168 women (10%). The MoH hospitals
reported that there are 84 patients in critical conditions, 40 of
them are in ICUs and 44 in wards because of the lace of ICU beds.
The MoH referred 15 cases to NGO hospitals within less than 72 hours.
According to WHO, No patients have been referred for treatment through
Erez which has been closed since Friday. Egypt opened the Rafah
border for patients to exit. Till now, only 23 injured patients
got through Rafah to Egypt. In Gaza nothing is immune, the Israeli
occupying forces demolish homes, schools, universities, police stations,
civil society organizations and mosques. The war of genocide and
urbanicide machine can kill and destroy everything in a very "easy"
way. Today, the Israeli forces declare the border areas as closed
military zone, the policy of No Mans' land aim to create a wide
buffered zone along the Palestinian Israeli borders. A trail of
devastation stretches as far as the eye can see to establish a buffer
zone allegedly to prevent shelling from local missiles by Palestinian
activists; a jumble of demolished buildings, leveled hillsides and
flattened forests. This barrage of concentrated damage has been
wrought not only by the bombs and tanks of traditional warfare,
but also by industrious, vigorous destruction equipment, the bulldozer.
Israeli occupying forces
continued to violate the human rights of Palestinian civilians in
Gaza. Since the beginning of the military operation in December,
27th 2008,, the mass massacres committed with cold blood against
the Palestinians persist. Human rights violations that are being
committed against us included the use of extra-judicial assassinations
and willful killings. Till now, no signs that the cycle of violence
will end and the Palestinian is anonymous.
The entire world is witnessing these scandalous and outrageous acts,
and yet no concrete step has been taken!!! Unless the international
community puts pressure on Israel to stop the mass killing of civilians
and the willful destruction of property and infrastructure, the
people of Gaza will again be forced to suffer the humiliating and
crippling dictates of Israel's military rule. It could also lead
to the re-occupation of the entire Gaza Strip.
The Union of Health Work Committees (UHWC) asks you to issue a strong
Last Appeal Statement condemning Israel’s human rights violations
against the Palestinian people and to demand a cessation of this
military offensive. Israel's persistent unilateral attempts to change
by force the situation of some 1.5 million Palestinians blatantly
contravenes international law and all human rights conventions.
Furthermore, they are morally reprehensible. There are no political
considerations which can justify the silence of the international
community any longer.
Finally, may we jointly continue to challenge the hypocritical silence,
because we believe in a just cause and seeking justice at all time,
but without pitying or begging for rights, as these rights are internationally
recognized, and are valid for Palestinians too!"
Dr. Yousef
Mousa
Executive
Director
Tel: 08-2824272
Fax: 08-2869220
E-mail:
info@gaza-health.org
Web Site:
www.gaza-health.org |