GAZA, (PIC)
With a bloody toll marking the 100th day of the Israeli war on Gaza, during which it failed to achieve its declared objectives, Palestinians remain resilient, enduring their pain in displacement camps and rejecting displacement plans.
Over the course of 100 days, the Israeli occupation forces leveled residential neighborhoods and entire towns, altering the geographical landscape of many communities. However, they did not succeed in breaking the will of the resistance or the people.
Bloody Toll
In the observations of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, nearly 100,000 Palestinians are counted among the martyrs, missing, and wounded, including those with long-term disabilities, on the 100th day of the genocidal crime committed by Israel in Gaza.
Euro-Med’s preliminary statistics confirm the martyrdom of 31,497 Palestinians as of last Saturday evening, with 28,951 civilian casualties, constituting approximately 92% of the total victims.
This toll includes 12,345 children, 6,471 women, 295 healthcare workers, 41 civil defense members, and 113 journalists. Additionally, 61,079 people suffered various injuries, including hundreds in critical condition.
Euro-Med emphasizes that its figures, in addition to the Palestinian Ministry of Health’s statistics, encompass thousands of victims still under the rubble of destroyed buildings, indicating the likelihood of their non-survival and their definitive loss.
At the same time, hundreds of lifeless bodies remain in the streets and roads, difficult to retrieve due to the ongoing Israeli military attacks. These bodies have not yet been officially counted among the victims.
90% Displacement
As a result of the Israeli aggression, nearly 2 million Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes and residential areas in Gaza, representing 90% of the total population. Continuous Israeli airstrikes completely destroyed around 69,700 housing units and partially damaged 187,300 units, depriving the displaced of the realistic and near-range prospect of returning to their homes.
Israel, according to the Euro Med, deliberately destroys and inflicts severe damage on Gaza’s infrastructure facilities. This includes the targeting of 320 schools, 1,671 industrial facilities, 183 health facilities (including 23 hospitals and 59 clinics), 239 mosques, 3 churches, and 170 media and press headquarters.
100 Days Like 100 Years
Philip Lazzarini, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner-General, stated that the past 100 days felt like 100 years for Gaza’s inhabitants due to the Israeli military aggression.
Lazzarini added in his statement, “The enormity of death, destruction, displacement, hunger, loss, and sorrow in the past 100 days stains our common humanity.”
He affirmed that this is the largest displacement of the Palestinian people since 1948, affecting over 2 million individuals, representing almost all of the entire population of Gaza.
He stated, “Many of them will suffer for life, both physically and mentally. The vast majority, including children, suffer severe trauma.”
Forced Displacement
In addition to the daily mass killing of Palestinians, observers note that the occupation forces are actively working to compel civilian residents to leave the enclave, killing all signs of life in it. According to a report by Al Jazeera, marking 100 days since the war on Gaza, this intention is evident in statements made by former and current Israeli officials regarding the necessity of evacuating the Gaza Strip population, regardless of the genocidal nature and forced displacement, both considered war crimes by international law.
The report, prepared by Salam Khader, highlighted the former Minister of National Security, General Giora Eiland’s call not to provide the Gaza population with any source that prolongs life in the enclave.
In this regard, the report mentioned that the occupation forces besieged the Nasr Children’s Hospital, forced its medical staff to evacuate, leaving critically ill children behind. Days later, decomposed bodies were found inside the hospital.
Israel targeted anything that could help the population survive, with 77% of hospitals in the sector out of service, according to UN estimates.
In addition, the bombardment targeted 104 schools, with 70% of them suffering severe damage. Israel dropped over 29,000 bombs on the sector, destroying 40% of its homes by mid-December, according to preliminary estimates.
Complete Neighborhood Disappearance
Satellite imagery shows that during the past 100 days, entire neighborhoods vanished from the face of the earth or are no longer habitable, with walls of about 33% of Gaza’s homes and streets demolished.
According to the American new agency Associated Press, satellite images showed that two-thirds of buildings in the north of the Strip were completely destroyed.
Despite this harsh toll, the resistance remains steadfast, combating the occupation. On the 99th day, they broadcasted a video documenting many of their qualitative operations from point zero against the occupation’s vehicles.
As for the displaced population, despite the pain and displacement, they express a will of resistance and rejection of Israeli displacement plans.
