2023-11-01 04:01:06
31/10/2023
The counteroffensive that Israel has been carrying out since last October 7 once morest the Islamist group Hamas has not had any distinction from the civilian population, and among the victims of the excessive bombings, the worst part has been children.
The intensification of bomb attacks and the beginning of the ground assault since last October 28, has left, according to figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 8,500 people dead; Of these, 3,450 have been minors, according to United Nations data.
In a statement, the spokesperson for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), James Elder, stated that one of the agency’s greatest fears is that with this offensive, the number of murdered children would increase, and it did. As the days went by and with the increase in bombings “they became dozens, then hundreds and finally thousands became a reality in just fifteen days.”
In his report, Elder added that furthermore, “Gaza has become a cemetery for thousands of children. “It’s hell for everyone else.”
But it is not only the deaths of children and adults that have filled Palestinian families with mourning and pain. The executive director of Unicef, Catherine Russell, stated that these actions by the Israeli government have caused injuries to 6,300 children.
The situation is so complicated that in a conversation with EL COLOMBIANO, the Palestinian doctor Imad Mohamed stated that children arrive at the hospital where he works with mutilations, with large wounds and burns on their bodies.
“We have seen children arrive fainting from pain, affected by the lack of some of their body parts. Furthermore, there are many of them under the rubble who have not been able to be rescued because there is no machinery to remove them, or when they go to rescue them, they are attacked,” Mohamed said.
But the fear is not only for the children who are in shelters or in their Palestinian homes. In the clinics, there are fears for the lives of 1,300 newborn children who are in incubators or need special care or oxygen, but the lack of energy and drinking water, services blocked by the Israeli government, is pushing them to a certain death, as the doctors working in Gaza assert.
Another of the great fears that has the world in suspense is that the conflict between Israel and Hamas would cross borders, new actors would join and even become a world war, as stated by Pope Francis, who called for quick mediation to end with armed confrontation.
“These drones belong to the State of Yemen,” said Abdelaziz bin Habtour, prime minister appointed by the rebels who control part of the country and are at odds with the government recognized by the international community.
According to a report published by the Israeli press, a spokesman for the rebel group, Yahya Sria, acknowledged that it was the third attack in recent hours, motivated “by a sense of religious, moral, humanitarian and national responsibility” in favor of the Palestinians. He also announced that his offensive once morest Israel would continue, which might lead to an expansion of the war beyond the borders of Israel and Palestine.
On the other side of the world, the attacks reported by the United States on its military in the Middle East have begun to worry the government of that country and there is a risk that the Americans will enter into conflict with Iran, even though Washington wants to avoid an overflow. of the war between Israel and Hamas. US troops and their allies have been attacked 14 times in Iraq and 9 times in Syria in the past two weeks, according to the Pentagon.
Washington accuses Tehran of indirectly participating in these offensives, which have been increasing since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. In response, the US military last week carried out strikes in Syria, causing casualties, on sites linked to Iran, according to the Pentagon.
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, raised their voices to call for a cessation of hostilities. “A humanitarian ceasefire can at least stop this spiral of death,” Grandi said from the Security Council rostrum, before imploring the 15 members of the highest UN body to “overcome their divisions and exercise their authority.” imposing that measure.
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Guterres said he was “deeply concerned” regarding the “escalation of the conflict” and warned of the risk of a “dangerous escalation beyond Gaza,” as other world leaders have warned.
The war also exacerbated tensions in the occupied West Bank, where more than 120 Palestinians have been killed since October 7 by gunfire by Israeli soldiers or settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Furthermore, the Israeli army bombed Syria and clashes with Hezbollah are multiplying on the border with Lebanon.
The escalation and images of deaths due to Israel’s offensive led the Bolivian government from South America to break relations with that country in repudiation and condemnation of the aggressive and disproportionate military offensive that has caused more deaths among civilians than members of the Hamas.
Meanwhile, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, called the Colombian ambassador to Israel for consultations. “If Israel does not stop the massacre of the Palestinian people, we cannot be there,” Petro said this Tuesday.
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