GAZA, (PIC)
The Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip affirmed that Israel’s ban on entry of sacrificial animals into the Gaza Strip reveals its heinous and ugly image.
The Office explained in a statement on Saturday evening that Israel is committing a new crime to be added to its black record, by prohibiting the entry of sacrificial animals into the Gaza Strip, by closing all Gaza Strip crossings coinciding with the arrival of Eid al-Adha, including its occupation and closure of the Rafah border crossing, and the closure of the Karm Abu Salem crossing, in a clear violation of human rights and a total disregard for humanitarian and Islamic values.
The statement stressed that “this new crime comes in the context of a series of Israel’s crimes and practices within the framework of the war of genocide and the unjust siege it has imposed on the Gaza Strip for 18 years, during which time the humanitarian suffering has continued on a large and unprecedented scale, leaving a negative and significant impact on the daily life of more than 2.4 million Palestinian civilians and displaced persons in the Gaza Strip, and this crime is also considered an obstacle to humanitarian and charitable efforts aimed at alleviating their suffering.”
It pointed out that the sacrificial animals represent an integral part of the rituals, worship and acts of piety celebrated by Muslims on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, and the crime of preventing their entry into the Gaza Strip represents a blatant disregard for the basic Islamic and humanitarian values and human rights, and the moral and legal responsibility requires the international community to intervene seriously to stop Israel’s war of genocide and this flagrant violation of the rights of Muslims and human rights.
The GMO strongly condemned the Israeli occupation authorities’ decision to ban the entry of sacrificial animals into the Gaza Strip, which deepens the humanitarian crisis that the residents of the Strip are suffering from. He emphasized that this unjust decision is part of the context of the genocidal war and the unjust siege, with the aim of tightening the noose around the people of the Gaza Strip and depriving them of their basic rights, including their right to celebrate religious rituals.
The Office held Israel and the US administration fully responsible for the continuation of these crimes against the Islamic religion and the Palestinian people, whether the genocidal war or the banning of the entry of sacrificial animals and depriving Muslims of the celebration of the blessed Eid al-Adha.
It called on the international community, the United Nations, various international organizations, and all the free countries of the world to put pressure on Israel and the US administration to stop the genocidal war, open the crossings, and cancel this inhumane decision. It also called for “intensifying efforts to break the siege on the Gaza Strip and provide urgent assistance to them.”
