IS ISRAEL'S VENGENCE SATIATED YET
May 3, 2024
Women mourn together over their fallen relatives who were killed during Israeli bombardment, at Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 16, 2024 [/AFP via Getty Images]
More than 10,000 women were killed in the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the UN Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.
In a statement, the agency said: “The war in Gaza continues to be a war on women.”
“Over 10,000 women have been killed and 19,000 injured,” it added.
The Agency also said: “37 children lose their mother every single day.”
It stressed that “conditions are appalling,” noting that “over 155,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women faced with severely limited access to water and sanitary items.”
Israel has, for over half a year, waged a war on Gaza that has resulted in widespread death and destruction in the coastal enclave.
More than 34,600 Palestinians have since been killed and over 77,800 injured. The vast majority of the dead have been women and children. Israel has also imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip, leaving its population, particularly residents of northern Gaza, on the verge of starvation.
Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which, in January, issued an interim ruling that ordered it to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.
May 3, 2024
Women mourn together over their fallen relatives who were killed during Israeli bombardment, at Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 16, 2024 [/AFP via Getty Images]
More than 10,000 women were killed in the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the UN Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.
In a statement, the agency said: “The war in Gaza continues to be a war on women.”
“Over 10,000 women have been killed and 19,000 injured,” it added.
The Agency also said: “37 children lose their mother every single day.”
It stressed that “conditions are appalling,” noting that “over 155,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women faced with severely limited access to water and sanitary items.”
Israel has, for over half a year, waged a war on Gaza that has resulted in widespread death and destruction in the coastal enclave.
More than 34,600 Palestinians have since been killed and over 77,800 injured. The vast majority of the dead have been women and children. Israel has also imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip, leaving its population, particularly residents of northern Gaza, on the verge of starvation.
Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which, in January, issued an interim ruling that ordered it to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.
Majority of Rafah's 600,000 children face injury, illness, malnutrition, trauma, disabilities: UN
May 3, 2024
Displaced Palestinian children cool themselves with water from a hosepipe at a temporary camp in Rafah, southern Gaza, on May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024
Displaced Palestinian children cool themselves with water from a hosepipe at a temporary camp in Rafah, southern Gaza, on May 3, 2024
[Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images]
The UN, on Friday, issued a stark warning on the potential consequences of a ground operation in the Gaza city of Rafah, emphasising the grave threat it poses to the lives of some 600,000 children in the region, Anadolu Agency reports.
Citing reports from UNICEF, the UN deputy spokesperson, Farhan Haq, at a news conference said a military operation into Rafah “would bring catastrophe on top of catastrophe” for the children there.
Echoing UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s sentiments that emphasised the dire conditions faced by the children of Rafah, Haq said “nearly all of the some 600,000 children in Rafah are either injured, sick, malnourished, traumatised or living with disabilities.”
Additionally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) underscored the precarious state of healthcare facilities in Rafah, revealing that three out of the 12 hospitals in Gaza that are still partially functioning are located in the region.
WHO warned that these facilities “will quickly become non-functional if there’s a military incursion into Rafah, and then a full scale military operation into Rafah could lead to a bloodbath,” Haq said.
He also stated that the convoy carrying humanitarian aid from Jordan was attacked by “civilians” in the Occupied West Bank, and some items were damaged. Haq noted that the convoy later reached Gaza.
Saying that, upon convoy’s arrival to Gaza, it was redirected to a different facility instead of the previously designated location by an armed group, Haq said this issue was addressed through discussions with local authorities to resolve the misunderstanding.
NOT HAMAS
READ: Jordan says Israel settlers attacked Jordanian aid convoys on way to Gaza
Haq expressed confirmation of the local authorities’ respect for humanitarian aid convoys, stating that the convoys reached their destinations and that aid distribution was ongoing.
Emphasising that the redirection to a different facility was purely a communication error, he said it was promptly corrected, adding that officials in Gaza confirmed that such incidents would not recur.
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that Israeli settlers attacked two aid convoys from Jordan who were on their way to Gaza.
“Two Jordanian aid convoys carrying food, flour and other humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip were attacked by settlers,” the Ministry said.
The aid convoys were the first major shipment from Jordan into the Erez Crossing, which was reopened for the first time by Israel since 7 October after months of pressure from the US.
The UN, on Friday, issued a stark warning on the potential consequences of a ground operation in the Gaza city of Rafah, emphasising the grave threat it poses to the lives of some 600,000 children in the region, Anadolu Agency reports.
Citing reports from UNICEF, the UN deputy spokesperson, Farhan Haq, at a news conference said a military operation into Rafah “would bring catastrophe on top of catastrophe” for the children there.
Echoing UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s sentiments that emphasised the dire conditions faced by the children of Rafah, Haq said “nearly all of the some 600,000 children in Rafah are either injured, sick, malnourished, traumatised or living with disabilities.”
Additionally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) underscored the precarious state of healthcare facilities in Rafah, revealing that three out of the 12 hospitals in Gaza that are still partially functioning are located in the region.
WHO warned that these facilities “will quickly become non-functional if there’s a military incursion into Rafah, and then a full scale military operation into Rafah could lead to a bloodbath,” Haq said.
He also stated that the convoy carrying humanitarian aid from Jordan was attacked by “civilians” in the Occupied West Bank, and some items were damaged. Haq noted that the convoy later reached Gaza.
Saying that, upon convoy’s arrival to Gaza, it was redirected to a different facility instead of the previously designated location by an armed group, Haq said this issue was addressed through discussions with local authorities to resolve the misunderstanding.
NOT HAMAS
READ: Jordan says Israel settlers attacked Jordanian aid convoys on way to Gaza
Haq expressed confirmation of the local authorities’ respect for humanitarian aid convoys, stating that the convoys reached their destinations and that aid distribution was ongoing.
Emphasising that the redirection to a different facility was purely a communication error, he said it was promptly corrected, adding that officials in Gaza confirmed that such incidents would not recur.
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that Israeli settlers attacked two aid convoys from Jordan who were on their way to Gaza.
“Two Jordanian aid convoys carrying food, flour and other humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip were attacked by settlers,” the Ministry said.
The aid convoys were the first major shipment from Jordan into the Erez Crossing, which was reopened for the first time by Israel since 7 October after months of pressure from the US.
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