GAZA, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)
The Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) expanded the yellow zone east of Gaza City after the bloody massacre it carried out on Wednesday.
The Office added in a statement on Thursday that the criminal occupation was not content with the massacre it committed yesterday by bombing Gaza City and Khan Yunis, which resulted in 25 martyrs, including an entire family wiped from the civil registry, a father and his three children, and a man and his wife, in addition to dozens of wounded, some in critical condition, and continued its violations.
It explained that the occupation army carried out a new attack in a blatant violation of the ceasefire, by advancing into the eastern area of Gaza City and changing the locations of the yellow markers, expanding the zone it controls by 300 meters in the streets of Al-Sha’f, Al-Nazaz, and Baghdad. It also surrounded dozens of families living in these areas who could not leave after being surprised by the tank incursion. The fate of many of these families remains unknown amid the shelling targeting the area.
GMO stressed that these ongoing crimes represent a clear Israeli disregard for the ceasefire decision. They add to nearly 400 violations recorded since the decision came into effect, resulting in the killing of more than 300 martyrs, hundreds of injuries, and further worsening of the catastrophic conditions faced by the Palestinian people in the small remaining area of the Gaza Strip.
It warned that what has encouraged Israel to continue these crimes and ceasefire violations is the silence of the mediators and guarantors, and their failure to take serious steps to compel it to fulfill its commitments, “foremost among them stopping its crimes against our people and allowing the entry of all types of basic necessities, whether food, shelter, medical supplies, or infrastructure needs.”
GMO stressed that the silence on the part of the mediators and guarantors is no longer acceptable, nor is the international inability to stop the occupation’s crimes and its evasion of its responsibilities and obligations. The Office held all parties responsible for the catastrophic humanitarian consequences caused by these violations.
In this context, Hazem Qassem, spokesperson for the Hamas Movement, said that the Israeli occupation committed a major massacre in the Gaza Strip despite the existence of an agreement to stop the war.
Qassem added in a press statement on Thursday that the occupation violated the agreement by killing and injuring dozens, including women and children.
He stressed that this behavior reflects a clear lack of respect by the occupation government for the mediators and guarantor countries, which have failed to prevent the occupation from continuing its genocide against the Gaza Strip.
He called on all parties that signed the agreement in Sharm El-Sheikh, especially Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye, and the United States, to assume their responsibilities and take urgent measures to stop the occupation’s aggression and its violations of the agreement to halt the war on Gaza.
At least 25 citizens were martyred, including 18 children and at least one woman, and dozens were injured in Israeli airstrikes since last night across several areas of the Gaza Strip.
