GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza said that the Palestinian people are facing a historical catastrophe, the most brutal in modern times, as Israeli massacres continue. The Office emphasized that the Israeli occupation army has persisted in its brutal attacks against civilians, displaced individuals, journalists, medical teams, civil defense, and those securing humanitarian aid, resulting in the martyrdom of over 110 Palestinians in the past few hours and days.
In a statement delivered by the GMO director on Sunday evening, Dr. Ismail Thawabteh, “these attacks are part of an ongoing escalation that has lasted for more than 435 days, constituting a crime of genocide against the Palestinian people.” The GMO pointed out that the Israeli occupation has committed numerous simultaneous massacres against journalists, including the recent killing of journalist Ahmad Bakr Al-Louh, a photographer for Al Jazeera, following the martyrdom of journalist Muhammad Jabr Al-Qurenaoui, a correspondent for the Sanad News Agency, whose entire family was erased from the civil registry, in addition to the martyrdom of journalist Muhammad Hamid Ba’alousha, a correspondent for Al Mashhad TV, bringing the total number of journalists killed by the occupation to 196.
The Office noted that the occupation army committed a brutal massacre against civil defense teams by bombing a field headquarters in Gaza, resulting in the martyrdom of four civil defense personnel, raising the total number of civil defense martyrs to 94. It further announced that the occupation also perpetrated a horrific massacre against displaced individuals in the Khalil Awida School in Beit Hanoun, resulting in the martyrdom of over 43 people, as well as a massacre in Al-Nuseirat camp leading to the martyrdom of over 42 Palestinians, in addition to a massacre in Al-Bureij camp against the Al-Qurenaoui family.
The GMO explained that the occupation army targeted municipal teams in Gaza, bombing the Deir al-Balah municipality, which resulted in the martyrdom of 12 individuals, including the mayor, Dr. Diab Al-Jaru. This attack adds to a series of assassinations targeting four mayors in the Gaza Strip as part of the occupation’s policy to create an administrative and governmental vacuum.
The Office also confirmed that the occupation committed two massacres against humanitarian aid security personnel in the southern Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of 15 individuals, raising the total number of martyrs in this sector to over 722. It noted that the occupation army continued to target medical teams and hospitals, where several doctors and medical personnel were martyred, particularly in Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.
It warned that the occupation continues to pursue a systematic starvation policy against over 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including more than one million children and nearly one million women. The Office added that the occupation continues to close crossings leading to the Gaza Strip and prevents the entry of aid and food, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
The GMO strongly condemned the compounded crimes being carried out by the occupation army against the Palestinian people, including the systematic assassinations of journalists, medical personnel, and civil defense teams, as well as the deliberate starvation policy against children and women. It called on countries around the world to condemn these crimes, which constitute crimes against humanity under international law.
The Office pointed out that the Israeli occupation and its supporters, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, bear moral and legal responsibility for participating in the ongoing genocide, which has resulted in over 165,000 martyrs, wounded, missing, and detained. It urged the international community and international organizations to pressure the occupation to stop the genocide and cease targeting journalists, medical teams, civil defense, and all segments of Palestinian society.
In conclusion, the GMO said that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached an extremely critical level, warning that the continuation of these massacres and crimes exposes the Palestinian people to a historical catastrophe, the most brutal in modern times.
