GAZA, (PIC)
The Government Media Office (GMO) said on Monday the Gaza Strip has entered a dangerous phase due to the blockade, border closures, and the prevention of aid and fuel entry, coinciding with the escalation of genocide and ethnic cleansing being carried out by the Israeli occupation army.
The GMO reviewed the main repercussions of the genocide and the blockade, noting the deliberate actions by Israel in preventing the entry of essential medicines and treatments, in addition to blocking the arrival of medical supplies and spare parts for hospital generators, and banning hundreds of surgeons and medical delegations from entering. This threatens the lives of thousands of patients, especially given the malfunctioning of many vital medical devices due to the ongoing electricity cuts, it added.
The Office said that in light of the continuous genocide, brutal aggression, bloodshed, and the suffocating blockade on the Gaza Strip, Israel continues to commit systematic crimes daily against more than 2.4 million Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip with its policies of border closures, starvation, dehydration, and slow genocide, grossly ignoring all international and humanitarian laws.
Continued border closures and prevention of aid and fuel entry
It pointed out that for the twenty-third consecutive day, Israel continues its crime of closing the borders and preventing the entry of essential humanitarian supplies, with 600 aid trucks and 50 fuel trucks being blocked daily. This has led to a suffocating humanitarian disaster in various vital sectors, especially health and services.
Policy of starvation
It emphasized that Israel is intensifying its policy of forced starvation on the people of the Gaza Strip, resulting in widespread malnutrition, particularly among children, and the closure of dozens of bakeries due to the lack of cooking gas and the near depletion of flour supplies. Additionally, more than 700 water wells have been destroyed, exacerbating the water crisis and increasing rates of water-related diseases.
Paralysis of vital sectors
The GMO warned that the prevention of cooking gas and diesel has halted dozens of bakeries and disrupted the transportation sector, further increasing the suffering of citizens. Hospitals, ambulances, and civil defense services are facing the risk of complete shutdown, alongside declining municipal performance and the disruption of many factories and small businesses, worsening the economic and living crisis. The cessation of water pumps also threatens citizens with thirst and deteriorating health conditions.
Electricity cuts and exacerbation of the water crisis
According to the statement, Israel’s cutting of electricity to the water desalination plant in Deir al-Balah has halted the supply of 20,000 cups of water daily to the central governorates and Khan Yunis, in the south, threatening to exacerbate the thirst crisis and increase the spread of infectious and skin diseases in a deteriorating health environment and severe lack of medical services.
The Media Office condemned in the strongest terms the continued Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing and held Israel and the U.S. administration fully responsible for these ongoing crimes against civilians. It called on all countries around the world to pressure Israel to stop these crimes and open the borders to allow entry of aid immediately before it is too late.
GMO emphasized that the continuation of these crimes constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and war crimes that require urgent intervention from the international community. It also called on the international community, the United Nations, human rights bodies, and humanitarian organizations to take immediate action and pressure Israel to open the borders and allow the entry of aid and fuel, and to stop these criminal policies that threaten the lives of more than 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
