#collapse of healthcare system in Palestine

[news4dzhozhar]

[sayruq]

Three days ago, the Israeli military dropped flyers ordering displaced people and residents of Rafah to leave. In the orders where people were told to move out of Rafah, the military said it was “about to operate with force against the terror organisations in the area”. A UN estimate says there are 1.2 million people sheltering in dire conditions in Rafah, Gaza's southern city. The "full-blown famine" that has taken hold in the north of Gaza has spread to the south, Cindy McCain, the head of the World Food Programme, confirmed over the weekend. There are roughly 200 Palestinians that are being forcibly displaced from Rafah every hour, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) said on Wednesday. During an online press briefing, medical doctors and humanitarian aid workers reporting from the ground in Gaza spoke about the impossible feat of moving people from Rafah, as people are ridden by famine plus a collapsed transportation and healthcare system. "There are children and elderly that are so starved that they can barely walk. These people cannot just relocate to another area, to so-called 'safe zones'. It is not possible," Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy from Save the Children, said. Several aid workers have expressed that there is no "safe" area in the Gaza Strip for people to relocate to. "The concept of safe zones is a lie," Helena Marchal, from Medecins du Monde, said. Aid workers also reiterated the difficulty of getting aid both into Gaza and then distributing it. Both the Rafah and the Kerem Shalom crossings, through which most aid reached the besieged Strip, have closed since Sunday evening. Roads across Gaza are largely destroyed or blocked by people sheltering, contributing to the difficulty of movement of both goods and people. Only a very limited number of routes, especially between the north and south, are available for humanitarian use, Jeremy Konyndyk, from Refugees International, explained. Another issue is overcrowding. "In Deir al-Balah and the Mawasi area on the outskirts of the Rafah and Khan Younis governorates, there is barely any space. There are tents everywhere, on the beach, on the sidewalks, the streets, the graveyards, the courtyards of the hospitals, in the courtyards of the schools," Ghada Alhaddad, from Oxfam International, said. Saieh explained that it took her team six weeks and four failed attempts to move a couple of hundred food parcels from Rafah to the north of Gaza. "One litre of fuel cost $40 yesterday," according to Ranchal. Fuel enters through the Rafah crossing. If the fuel is cut off, the aid operation collapses," Konyndyk said.

[victoriawhimsey]

🌸LET’S SUPPORT ENGY🌸

I am creating this post on behalf of my dear friend Engy Shaheen. Engy is a third year university student in Gaza and a choriocarcinoma cancer survivor. She is currently in remission and she still needs medical care. Due to the total collapse of the healthcare system in Gaza, Engy is no longer able to receive medical care or obtain medication.

Due to the total destruction of every university in Gaza, Engy was no longer able to finish her last year of education either. Her home was destroyed and now her and her family are displaced. Engy wants to raise funds so she can leave Gaza to finish her education abroad, and so she can receive remission treatment and medication again.

Despite everything Engy has endured, she chooses to volunteer by organizing activities for the children in Gaza.

**Engy’s fundraiser has been vetted by me through the community process of vetting with Pali Pals on IG**

CURRENT & OVERALL GOAL: €4,785 / €15,000

Engy has only received 185 donations in two months!! She has a total goal of only €15,000! Please donate, share & help this reach people who can help Engy! You can donate to Engy & read more of Engy’s story using the link below:

YOU CAN FOLLOW ENGY HERE:

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Please don't stop talking about Palestine.

Since 7th October:

In Gaza, more than 28,000 Palestinians have been killed (12,000+ children), with more than 67,000 wounded. 7,000 people are missing

In the occupied West Bank, at least 390 Palestinians have been killed (102 children), with more than 4,450 wounded

85% of the population is internally displaced

Approximately 1.4 million+ of the remaining population have taken refuge in Rafah, a designated "safe zone"; it is the southern most city in Gaza, and only 64 sq km in size. Despite its designation, it continues to be targeted by Israali air strikes, with a ground assault planned

Humanitarian conditions in Gaza are critical, with shortages of food and water, increases in rates of infectious disease, a collapsing healthcare system, and with limited electricity and internet access

There are so many ways, big AND small, that YOU can help, and no matter where you are in the world. Please don't let the bystander effect desensitize the positive impact that every single person is capable of making.

Exceptional resources to help you learn, engage, and do what you can:

@palipunk 's resources on Palestine's history, culture, and voices, including links to the accounts of those living in Palestine and documenting their experiences

@sulfurcosmo's comprehensive master list (regularly updated) of ways to support and protest

YOUR VOICE MATTERS.

[ankhisms]

#END ISRAELS GENOCIDE

since october i have often found myself at a loss for words in the face of the absolute horrors unfolding in gaza. my anger and grief for the struggle of palestine goes beyond what i am able to write down. this is not a war, this is a genocide. the brutal displacement and ethnic cleansing of the people of palestine by the zionist occupation of israel has been ongoing for 75 years, and we can not just stand by silently and act as if nothing is happening. every day there is more and more evidence of the continued genocide, such as these photos and testimonies:

as of writing this scheduled post there have been more than 100 journalists killed by the zionist occupation since october 7th 2023, although we should remember that israel has been killing journalists and those speaking out against the occupation before october 2023. entire families are being whiped out, disease is spreading through the camps, people are without fresh food or water and the healthcare system has completely collapsed. do not look away, do not watch in silence. keep talking about palestine, demand a ceasefire and furthermore an end to the occupation.

[workersolidarity]

[ 📹 Scenes of evidence left behind after Israeli occupation naval gunboats fired artillery shells at fishing boats on the Mediterranean coast of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Following the shelling, the gunboats waited until residents and first responders arrived to put out the flames before shelling them as well. ]

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DAY 229: HEALTHCARE SYSTEM COLLAPSING IN NORTHERN GAZA, NORWAY, IRELAND AND SPAIN RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN STATE, ISRAELI MASSACRES IN GAZA CONTINUE

On 229th day of the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed a total of 6 new massacres of Palestinian families, resulting in the deaths of no less than 62 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, while another 138 others were wounded over the previous 24-hours.

It should be noted that as a result of the constant Israeli bombardment of Gaza's healthcare system, infrastructure, residential and commercial buildings, local paramedic and civil defense crews are unable to recover countless hundreds, even thousands of victims who remain trapped under the rubble, or who's bodies remain strewn across the streets of Gaza.

In move welcomed by Palestinians and Arabs across the world, Spain, Ireland and Norway have officially recognized Palestinian Statehood, to take effect on May 28th.

The Prime Ministers of all three countries announced their recognition of Palestine as an independent State on Wednesday, May 22nd, calling on more Western countries to follow suit.

In his announcement, Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr, said the goal of recognition was to establish a cohesive Palestinian state based around the Palestinian Authority, further noting that a two-state solution is in the interest of the Israeli occupation authorities.

Reflecting on his own country's recognition of a Palestinian state, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said "We are a peaceful people, and this is what thousands of demonstrators show in the protests against the Gaza massacres."

Sanchez went on to accuse the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of working to destroy the Gaza Strip, further endangering a two-state solution.

Irish Prime Minister, Simon Harris, made a similar announcement regarding his country's recognition of Palestine, adding that he expected more nations to recognize Palestinian statehood in the coming weeks, adding that "there is no future for the extremist version of Zionism that fuels settler violence and land seizures."

He went on to add that "there can be no peace without equality, and it is important that our decision is not misinterpreted."

In response to the announcements, the Israeli occupation authorities summoned the ambassadors for Norway and Ireland in order to "conduct emergency consultations."

In other news, in an urgent warning issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), doctors with the international healthcare organization say the last two hospitals remaining in the northern Gaza Strip, Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia and Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, are barely functional after 8 months of non-stop bombardment, and the blockade of fuel and medical supplies by the Israeli occupation.

Doctors with the two hospitals told reporters that the Israeli occupation army continues to open fire on associated buildings, while occupation snipers have been posted on nearby rooftops at one of the hospitals.

According to Dr. Muhammad Saleh, the acting Director of Al-Awda Hospital, today marks the "third day of the siege of Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza," while the Israeli occupation forces continue "shooting at the hospital buildings" while Israeli "snipers" have taken positions in nearby homes.

Dr. Saleh went on tell journalists that the Israeli occupation has destroyed the southern wall of Al-Awda Hospital, while "all the medical staff and patients" remain inside the hospital's wings, which have become "very difficult to move between."

The doctor went on to add that hospital staff are forced to bring water from one hospital building to the other, a result of IOF soldiers having "struck the first building with a shell that targeted the fifth floor and destroyed the water tanks."

Speaking from a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told reporters that “148 hospital workers and 22 patients and their companions are trapped inside” the hospital.

Following several recent visits to Al-Awda Hospital by WHO staff to deliver medical supplies and fuel, Ghebreyesus says Israeli snipers targeted the hospital, while occupation artillery shelled the fifth floor of the building.

Similarly, the Emergency Relief Coordinator for Doctor's Without Borders, Donia Al-Dakheili, said that "nothing enters or exits" the Al-Awda Hospital for fear of the Israeli snipers who remain looming over the building from nearby rooftops.

Previously, the Israeli occupation army besieged Al-Awda Hospital for several days, during which, two staff members were killed while many others were arrested and detained.

Kamal Adwan Hospital is in similarly dire circumstances, coming under fire in recent days, forcing the evacuation of patients and staff, according to Dr. Hossam Abu Safia, the hospital's Director.

"Currently, the hospital is being evacuated of the wounded, patients, and medical staff... There are many patients that the medical teams were not able to evacuate," Dr. Safia said of the attacks, adding that "the reception and emergency gate at Kamal Adwan Hospital was subjected to artillery shelling" as the occupation army advanced towards the complex.

According to Rick Peppercorn, a representative with the WHO, the reception center in the Intensive Care Unit for Kamal Adwan Hospital was bombed by the IOF.

"At the moment, there are still 20 health staff members and 13 patients," Pepperkorn said, adding that Kamal Adwan and Al-Awda are "the only two hospitals that are still working, and we cannot afford for them to stop working."

Even while Gaza's healthcare system verges on collapse as supplies run thinner than ever before, the Israeli occupation forces continued the closure of the Rafah and Karm Abu Salem border crossings for the 16th consecutive day, blocking humanitarian and medical aid trucks, along with fuel, from entering Gaza.

According to press reporting, more than 3'000 aid trucks have been prevented from entering Gaza, along with preventing at least 700 sick and wounded Palestinians from leaving Gaza for treatment abroad during the period the two crossings have been closed.

Meanwhile, the bombardment of the Gaza Strip continues unabated as occupation bombing, shelling, drone and missile strikes continued to target civilian residences and infrastructure, resulting in dozens of casualties.

Local reporting stated that the Israeli occupation forces fired several artillery shells into civilian neighborhoods in the Tal al-Hawa area, southwest of Gaza City, while Israeli warplanes bombed a residential home belonging to the Abu Zaida family in the Al-Faluga neighborhood of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, killing 6 civilians and wounding 6 more.

In another atrocity, occupation fighter jets bombed a barracks in the vicinity of Terrence al-Baba, where displaced Palestinian families were sheltering from the war in the town of Al-Zawaida, in the central Gaza Strip, slaughtering at least 10 civilians, including an infant pulled from her mother's womb, and wounding a number of others.

Wounded civilians were transported to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in neighboring Deir al-Balah.

A similar assault targeted residential areas of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, martyring 2 Palestinians and wounding several others who were taken to the Baptist Hospital in the city.

Occupation artillery shelling also targeted the northern and southern neighborhoods of Gaza City, while neighborhoods east of the Nuseirat Camp also endured intense shelling.

At the same time, aircraft belonging to the Israeli occupation army bombed the Farhat family home in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, wounding several people who were transported to the Kuwait Specialized Hospital.

Additionally, occupation artillery forces renewed their shelling of central and eastern Rafah, and Israeli quadcopters opened fire on several areas of the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood. Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets bombed civilian targets in residential neighborhoods of central Rafah.

Occupation gunboats also shelled Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Rafah, after which, the gunboats opened fire on civilians who rushed to put out fires resulting from the shelling.

As a result of the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip, the current death toll has risen once again, now exceeding 35'709 Palestinians killed, including upwards of 15'000 children and over 10'000 women, while another 79'990 others have been wounded since the start of the current round of Zionist aggression, beginning with the events of October 7th, 2023.

May 22nd, 2024.

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[mushroomjar]

Hello everyone! I'm making this post on behalf of @bilal-salah0 who I've been in contact with and whose donation posts I've been sharing frequently lately

Bilal is 22 years old and moved to Germany a few months before October 7th. Since the genocide has started he's been living in fear of the wellbeing of his family, who stayed back in Gaza and have been forcibly displayed countless times due to the bombings. They've also been dealing with food scarcity and risk of health sickness due to the forced starvation of collapse of the health system in Gaza

Because of all this, Bilal started a gofundme to help cover the costs that would help his family evacuate from Gaza, as well as have shelter and get food, clothes and healthcare once they are evacuated. Donations have been slowing down for multiple weeks now, which is why Bilal has asked me to make a post to help spread his campaign

I'm tearing up simply writing this post. Bilal is only one year older than me, and I cannot even begin to imagine how hard it must be to go to sleep every night not knowing if it'll be the last time you'll get to speak to your family, not to mention the horrors his family is going through right now. He had left Gaza in the first place to try to help his family live a stabler life from the outside, but the occupation has made it impossible for him to achieve his initial plans. They had just finished rebuilding their home in Northern Gaza, and it got destroyed once the genocide started. His family members have lost their businesses and they also have many little kids to take care of

Please, please, help share Bilal's fundraiser by reblogging this post or his posts on his blog, or sharing the link to his donation in other places, and please if you are able to donate to his fundraiser to help reach his goal, even the smallest donations can go a long way. As of the time I'm writing this post, his campaign is at €56,594/€70,000. His hope is to have raised all the money by the time the Rafah border reopens

Thank you for reading and please aid us in sharing his story and helping him reach his goal for his family

This fundraiser has been vetted by el-shab-hussein. I encourage you all to read his gofundme description to hear his and his family's story in his own words, and please donate if you are able to. Thank you

[sophia-zofia]

Three days ago, the Israeli military dropped flyers ordering displaced people and residents of Rafah to leave. In the orders where people were told to move out of Rafah, the military said it was “about to operate with force against the terror organisations in the area”.  A UN estimate says there are 1.2 million people sheltering in dire conditions in Rafah, Gaza's southern city. The "full-blown famine" that has taken hold in the north of Gaza has spread to the south, Cindy McCain, the head of the World Food Programme, confirmed over the weekend.  There are roughly 200 Palestinians that are being forcibly displaced from Rafah every hour, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) said on Wednesday.  During an online press briefing, medical doctors and humanitarian aid workers reporting from the ground in Gaza spoke about the impossible feat of moving people from Rafah, as people are ridden by famine plus a collapsed transportation and healthcare system. "There are children and elderly that are so starved that they can barely walk. These people cannot just relocate to another area, to so-called 'safe zones'. It is not possible," Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy from Save the Children, said.  Several aid workers have expressed that there is no "safe" area in the Gaza Strip for people to relocate to. "The concept of safe zones is a lie," Helena Marchal, from Medecins du Monde, said. Restricted movement Aid workers also reiterated the difficulty of getting aid both into Gaza and then distributing it. Both the Rafah and the Kerem Shalom crossings, through which most aid reached the besieged Strip, have closed since Sunday evening.  Roads across Gaza are largely destroyed or blocked by people sheltering, contributing to the difficulty of movement of both goods and people. Only a very limited number of routes, especially between the north and south, are available for humanitarian use, Jeremy Konyndyk, from Refugees International, explained. Another issue is overcrowding. "In Deir al-Balah and the Mawasi area on the outskirts of the Rafah and Khan Younis governorates, there is barely any space. There are tents everywhere, on the beach, on the sidewalks, the streets, the graveyards, the courtyards of the hospitals, in the courtyards of the schools," Ghada Alhaddad, from Oxfam International, said. Saieh explained that it took her team six weeks and four failed attempts to move a couple of hundred food parcels from Rafah to the north of Gaza.  "One litre of fuel cost $40 yesterday," according to Ranchal. Fuel enters through the Rafah crossing. "The whole aid operation runs on fuel. If the fuel is cut off, the aid operation collapses," Konyndyk said.  Severe malnutrition Professor John Maynard, a surgeon from the UK who has spent the last two weeks operating on Palestinians in Gaza, highlighted complications from a direct result of malnutrition.

"I had two patients, 16 and 18, both of whom had survivable injuries, [and] both of whom died last week as a direct result of malnutrition." His colleague Dr Kahler, spoke of a "tipping point" after six-eight months, "the immunological system breaks down". "It is at that time when infections and complications from malnutrition will start," he added.  A famine, one aid worker explained, requires three thresholds: a sustained, severe lack of access to food, high levels of child malnutrition, and highly elevated mortality as a result of famine and disease.  All thresholds have been passed in the north, Konyndyk stated.  "If there is a Rafah invasion, this will certainly push things past the tipping point, and we will see a skyrocketing mortality related to the famine."

[drsonnet]

Dr. Pascal André, a French infectious disease specialist, has recently returned from Gaza's European Hospital in Khan Yunis. He emphasized the severe conditions prevailing amidst a collapsing healthcare system and outbreaks of epidemics among thousands of displaced Palestinians.

Retour de Gaza et témoignage du Dr Pascal André, infectiologue, de la mission PALMED (Vidéo) – CAPJPO EuroPalestine

Dr. Pascal André, a French infectious... - Al-Quds News Network | Facebook

De retour de Gaza, un médecin témoigne : « J’ai vu des patients hurler de douleur au bloc » (la-croix.com)

شكرًا لمسامتحكم لنا على نفاقنا وصمتنا - YouTube

الطبيب الفرنسي "باسكال أندريه" يصف الأوضاع التي يعيشها المرضى والنازحون داخل المستشفى الأوروبي 

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عاد الدكتور باسكال أندريه، أخصائي الأمراض المعدية الفرنسي، من مستشفى غزة الأوروبي في خان يونس. وأكد على الظروف القاسية السائدة وسط انهيار نظام الرعاية الصحية وتفشي الأوبئة بين آلاف النازحين الفلسطينيين.

عاد الدكتور باسكال أندريه، أخصائي الأمراض المعدية وطبيب الطوارئ (المسؤول في روديز)، إلى فرنسا يوم الأربعاء 21 فبراير، بعد أكثر من أسبوعين في المستشفى الأوروبي في خانيونس، قطاع غزة. كان في مهمة مع وفد طبي من الأطباء الأردنيين والأمريكيين، أرسلته مؤسسة رحمة الأمريكية وجمعية بالميد (فلسطين الطبية) إلى آخر مستشفى رئيسي يعمل في القطاع الفلسطيني. التقينا به عندما نزل من طائرته في مطار رواسي شارل ديجول.

كيف يبدو المستشفى في غزة اليوم؟

باسكال أندريه: لجأ 25,000 نازح إلى المستشفى الأوروبي في خان يونس الذي يتسع فقط ل500 مريض.

داخل المباني نفسها ، الأماكن مكتظة بالكامل. فمثلا، يضم جناح الجراحة المصمم ل 40 مريضا 110 أشخاص. يعيش اللاجئون ال 70 هناك منذ أسابيع ولا يريدون الانتقال، حتى الذهاب إلى الخيام في الخارج، لأنهم مرعوبون من المرور بأشياء فظيعة (مثل قنصهم من قوات الاحتلال الأسرائيلي لو خرجوا كما حدث في بقية المستشفيات) ..هذه الظروف تمنعنا من القيام بعملنا بشكل صحيح.

في الممرات أو الردهات أو غرف العلاج ، يجري تمديد الملاءات لخلق مساحات من الخصوصية. تنام عائلات بأكملها في المستشفى في كل مكان. عائلة إحدى ممرضاتنا تنام في المرحاض. الأطفال يركضون.

يعيش الناس في المستشفى في ظروف غير صحية. معظمهم لم يكن لديهم سوى زي واحد لمدة ثلاثة أو أربعة أشهر. في عدم وجود الصابون ، يستخدمون محلولا كحوليا لتجنب نقل الجراثيم. مع عدم وجود المال لشراء الحطب، يمسكون بصناديق ويحرقونها لطهي الطعام. نحن ، مقدمو الرعاية ، نجد أدويتنا متناثرة ...

Millau : pour le médecin Pascal André, parti à Gaza, "le silence est meurtrier, on n’a plus le temps" - journaldemillau.fr

[la7ma-mafrooma]

-Palestinians in Gaza currently do not have food, water, fuel, and sanitary products.

-Humanitarian aid cannot reach people inside Gaza.

-The healthcare system collapsed.

-The school year in Gaza ended early due to the amount of children and teachers murdered by Israel.

-Al-Shifa hospital has been raided by the IOF and people are getting slaughtered outside. Premature babies, Kidney failure patients, and cancer patients are dying and a lot already died due to lack of fuel and oxygen.

-They don't have enough space to bury their loved ones and their bodies are either decomposing outside or are being eaten by dogs and there's nothing to be done about it.

-Some bodies cannot even be retrieved due to the extreme damage done by the bombings and lack of proper equipment.

-Ambulances and allegedly-safe routes are being targeted by the IOF.

-Palestinian girls and women do not have sanitary products/menstrual products and need help.

-Refugee camps are not safe anymore.

-Gaza is still being bombed. People are still being murdered. Entire families are being wiped out. Journalists and their families are being targeted.

-There's no stable connection and sometimes no connection at all for journalists and Palestinians to show the world what's happening in Gaza.

-Israel already used white phosphorus on not only Palestinians, but on South Lebanon as well.

-The West Bank is getting attacked as well and people are being murdered and kicked out of their homes there.

Please don't stop talking about Palestine. We need to put at an end to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians!

Please pick up your history books. Learn about colonialism and ethnic cleansing. We've seen this before. End the cycle!

[lee-a-p]

i’m sure most of y’all know what’s happening in Palestine right now. the slaughter is incomprehensible, as are the “apocalyptic conditions” (according to the UN).

i had a minor surgery today, and all i could think about for the days leading up to it was the people in Gaza. people undergoing amputations without anesthesia, getting surgery on hospital floors, or going untreated (and often dying) because the healthcare system has collapsed. meanwhile i had a minor procedure with full anesthesia in a safe hospital with food and water after. it’s hard not to feel guilty.

at the moment, i can’t go out and protest. maybe this weekend once i’ve recovered, though i have to play it by ear because of my multiple chronic illnesses. but if you’re like me and can’t always march for a ceasefire, there is still plenty we can do. if you live in the us, call your representatives. read up on the history of palestine. join virtual events. donate to organizations like unicef, unrwa, and the pcrf. keep talking about the genocide happening right now.

it’s impossible for many of us not to feel guilty with what’s happening, but we can’t become paralyzed by it. make sure to take care of yourself: rest, eat, take breaks. then keep showing up however you can. we (especially folks in the US and the west) have a responsibility to speak up. many of our governments are funding and supporting this genocide. we cannot be silent.

[good-old-gossip]

Terrorist State Israel has besieged, bombed and destroyed Hospitals in Gaza

The few schools left unscathed by Israeli bombardment in Palestine’s Gaza have turned into makeshift medical centres, as the systematic targeting of infrastructure and medical workers by Israel has caused the healthcare system to collapse.

[sparksinthenight]

Letter to Canadian Government to Help Gaza

Our names are _____. We are from _______. We are writing to you to ask that you ensure that Canada does everything it can to ensure that the genocide against the people of Gaza stops and that Palestine is free. Ensure Canadian companies or companies operating in Canada offer no military or other support to the Israeli military, ensure that the UNRWA is funded adequately, and impose sanctions on all members of the Israeli military and government.

What is happening in Gaza is nothing short of genocide. In just a few months, over 30 000 people have been killed by the bombings, including over 12 600 children. Many thousands more died due to starvation, lack of clean water and hygiene, lack of medical care, and psychological stress. The attacking of Gaza has caused the economy to collapse, the people don’t have the basic resources they need. As well, Israel is making it so that people in Gaza cannot access food or water. The Israeli military has attacked hospitals, completely destroying the country’s healthcare system. This of course has had cruel and deadly consequences. They have blocked aid from reaching Gaza. They have destroyed sources of clean water and water purification infrastructure. This is not just inhumane, it’s downright inhuman behaviour, and the entire world sees this. It’s never okay to do this.

In addition to killing people, Israel has made the lives of the people in Gaza unliveable. They have attacked schools, and children have not been able to go to school for months now. They have caused 2 million people to lose their homes, to be forcibly displaced. They have caused hundreds of thousands of people to lose their loved ones, to grieve their parents, their children, their siblings, their partners, their neighbours, their cousins, their aunts and uncles, their grandparents, their teachers, their classmates, their coworkers, their friends. They have caused the entire population to live in fear. It’s never okay to do this.

The people of Gaza deserve better. They deserve to live in peace. The children deserve to live and grow up, to have what they need and have the people they love. All the people deserve to live in safety, security, and providence with their loved ones, their communities, and their homes. We need to ensure that Israel stops the genocide.

Canada is responsible for this because we are selling weapons to Israel. We have over the past decade sold over $140 000 000 worth of military weapons to Israel. These weapons were likely used to harm the people of Palestine, and are likely being used to harm the people of Palestine. Don’t say that there’s no proof that the people of Palestine are being harmed with these weapons, because there isn’t an adequate monitoring system to see what happens to the weapons after they get to Israel. It’s very likely and logical that they are being used in human rights abuses. And in any case, we should not be supporting the military of such a genocidal nation in any way whatsoever.

Canada must ensure that all companies operating in or headquartered in Canada do not sell anything to the Israeli military, and do not sell any military goods to Israel. It must pose a complete arms embargo and stop any and all Canadian military products from getting to Israel. Otherwise, the blood of millions of innocent people is on our hands.

The blood of millions of people will also be on our hands if we do not sanction the entire government and military of Israel. The government and military of Israel are literally responsible for genocide, and they are literally committing grave human rights abuses. They need to be sanctioned so that they see that the international community will not tolerate such disturbing behaviour. They need to be sanctioned so that they can lose access to some of the resources that they can use to further their genocidal goals.

Finally, the UNRWA needs to be adequately funded. There is no excuse to not fund the UNRWA. Israel, the genocide committing party, has made completely baseless and evidence-free claims that a couple of the low-level workers at the UNRWA might have ties to Hamas. The UNRWA is taking these allegations very seriously and investigating the claims, and will fire any members they do find with links to Hamas. That is definitely not a reason to defund the UNRWA and make it so that the organization can’t deliver lifesaving and necessary aid to the millions of people it supports. The people of Gaza, as well as many Palestinian refugees outside of Gaza, rely on the UNRWA for their survival, and defunding this agency will be an act of genocide and an act of collective punishment.

Please stand against genocide and stand with the people who are currently victims of genocide.

Sincerely,

Send to:

Prime Minister Trudeau- justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca

Deputy Prime Minister Freeland- chrystia.freeland@parl.gc.ca

Minister of Foreign Affairs Joly- melanie.joly@parl.gc.ca

Find your MP here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

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Political rant incoming, so I am putting it under "read more"

Lately I have been sucked into wormhole of American politics, with whole Trump assassination attempt and Kamala being put as still non-official democrat candidate after Biden pulled out, y'know same old, but I also cannot help but notice how these events made some americans finally snap and pull off the "perfect america" veil off their lives and just show gritty and shitty reality online: delusional democrats, drug pandemic, housing crisis, economical collapse, their healthcare system being corrupt to hell and such and as Eastern European I am actually kinda disturbed by all this shit and while I could draw comparisons between americans and people in post-USSR countries, I won't. Not this time.

I had spoken few times already that I hate libtard democrats, because most insane ones really turned the whole american left movement into insane tiktok zombies. Still I bet some democrats with not dead IQ exist who want their country to return to normalcy without woke agenda, and without new generation of citizens having mouth foaming epilepsy-like induced shock everytime they hear Trump's name, but they also can't admit they are afraid, because how wokeness cult works.

Also as European from east, with Russia's aggressive acts and constant gaslighting due to Ukraine conflict in our region, I should care who is at the helm of one of the most powerful countries around the world, because, agree or not, European Union specialises in following command of USA and if Biden administration decides to give billions to Zelensky to steal for Ukraininian rich and his own personal needs, oops my bad, I mean to buy weapons to fight for freedom against evil Russia. Have you ever questioned why exactly everyone gives billions to Ukraine to fight for freedom, but not a dime for Palestine? Political gain and corruption is your answer, because on Gaza conflict, Biden administration already have ball on winning side, while in Ukraine conflict they don't - that's why your American Billions are filling pockets of neoN*zi skum like that Ukrainian dwarf.

Returning to USA politics and my rant you probs think I am a Republican Trump supporter, but no I am not, the thing is, I prefer the man who is not yet a senile puddle with human goo in place of brains or his VP who changes her racial background from Indian to African-American once it's convenient for plot and can't make a single sentence make sense.

I don't know: I would like to ask my fellow americans what good Biden administration did for you people over 4 years, well apart allowing to drug and castrate underage kids just because they parents are narcissists with Munchauzen's by proxy and setting apart POC and white communities than ever before pushing whole country to next civil war? Did Biden administration fix your country's inner problems, like rotten healthcare system? Did they do something for your declining economy? Did they attempt to regulate housing crisis? I haven't seen any americans talk about that at least being attempted to be fixed online.

But yeah sure, what do I know? I am from Eastern Europe, my parents were born in USSR, my grandparents saw horrors of WW2 and N*zi occupation and my great-grandparents lived fearing banishment to Siberia at hands of Lenin Communist Party. Maybe that's why we value what we have: our lands, our language and our culture, even so it's slowly being americanized here too. The saving grace is that some of us have been through heaps of generational shit and we are too fed up with weakness and fluffyness american wokeness are trying to imply on us, and as ex-woke myself, I say good riddance. We do not need to exist in a fluffy self-centered "Me, me, me" bubble: we need to exist in gritty reality, so we could try to fix it for better.

Or maybe I am just getting too old and I have no more fucks left to give in being polite and politically correct so not to offend the snowflakes... Because God sees me, being woke is leading us straight to dystopian future, Biden administration and every of their cult followers are trying to desperately paint as perfect utopia.

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[ 📹 "We were sitting in the house, all of us were civilians," a Palestinian man says while holding the body of a dead child after their home was bombed by the Israeli occupation forces.

"Suddenly the house collapsed on us. The entire house is full of children, as you can see. This child is less than two months old. He was born during the war," the man says before asking, "For what sin was this child killed? This is an innocent child. Is this on Netanyahu's target list?" ]

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GAZA WAR DAY 311: GALLANT SLAMS NETANYAHU CLAIMS OF "COMPLETE VICTORY", ISRAELI OCCUPATION CLOSES SEVERAL AREAS IN GAZA NEAR BORDER, ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA REACHES NEW MILESTONE WITH 84% OF TERRITORY UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS, GENICIDAL WAR CONTINUES WITH MASS MURDER OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

On the 311th day of the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed a total of 3 new massacres of Palestinian families, resulting in the deaths of no less than 142 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, while another 150 others were wounded over the previous 24-hours.

It should be noted that as a result of the constant Israeli bombardment of Gaza's healthcare system, infrastructure, residential and commercial buildings, local paramedic and civil defense crews are unable to recover countless hundreds, even thousands of victims who remain trapped under the rubble, or whose bodies remain strewn across the streets of Gaza.

This leaves the official death toll vastly undercounted as Gaza's healthcare officials are unable to accurately tally the number of those killed and maimed in this genocide, which must be kept in mind when considering the scale of the mass murder.

Beginning on Monday, August 12th, the Israeli occupation army has announced it will close several areas within the Gaza envelope near the border with "Israel" following the assessment of the army.

The order was signed by occupation army Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, head of the Israeli occupation forces' Southern Command.

The evacuation calls for several areas along the border between Gaza and Israeli-occupied Palestine to be added to the "closed military zone", prohibiting entrance without prior coordination with the army.

The announcement was made after Israeli colonial settler activists planned to hold a prayer event on the Gaza border, with the activists seeking to alter the government's position against the resettlement of Gaza by the colonists.

The newly closed areas include the fields between the Erez crossing, Yad Mordechai, to the Shaar HaNegev Junction, and Nahal Oz, as well as the fields between the access road to the cemetery in Netivot and Route-234 to the Gaza Security barrier.

Additionally, the areas between the Re'im and Urim Junctions, to the security barrier will also be closed, according to the army.

In other news on Monday, Zionist Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke during a meeting of the Israeli occupation's Security Committee hearings in which he gave an overview of the progress of the genocidal war in Gaza.

During the meeting, Gallant slammed the Netanyahu administration, declaring that "I hear the tam-tam drums and this chatter about the absolute victory, it's a shame that in the room they didn't show the same courage," referring to the Israeli security establishment, which previously proposed pre-emptive strikes against Hezbollah near the start of the war.

“The conditions today for war in Lebanon are unlike those at the beginning of the war," Gallant continued.

"Maybe I don't understand the media and the talk, but I understand security, today we are in a completely different situation than we were when I insisted on an attack in the north that the entire security system supported," he added.

Gallant then responded to questions in which he stated that the position of the Rafah Brigade in southern Gaza had been "decided". He added that, for the dozens of hostages who remained alive, it was worth withdrawing from the so-called "Philadelphi Corridor" for a period of 6 weeks, during which, negotiations could proceed in phases and actions be taken.

Following the meeting, the Prime Minister's Office responded to Gallant's comments, declaring that he "is bound by 'absolute victory' too."

In a statement issued by Netanyahu's office, the occupation Prime Minister determined that "When Gallant adopts an anti-Israel narrative, he hurts the chances of reaching a hostage deal."

"He should have attacked [Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar], who refuses to send a delegation to negotiations, and who was and remains the only obstacle to the hostage deal.”

It should be noted that the Hamas resistance movement has repeatedly agreed to the terms of the Biden administration's proposed hostage exchange and ceasefire agreement, only to see the Israeli Prime Minister change the terms of the agreement, add new conditions, or, most recently, assassinate the lead negotiator, former Hamas Political Bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh.

The Prime Minister's Office reiterated its stance that the Israeli entity must achieve "absolute victory", which Netanyahu claims can only be accomplished through the elimination of the Hamas resistance movement's military and governance capabilities, as well as the release of the Israeli hostages that continue to be held by the Palestinian resistance forces in Gaza.

The Office's statement concludes by stating that "This is the clear directive of Prime Minister Netanyahu and the cabinet, and it is binding on everyone — including Gallant."

Meanwhile, in more news, Zionist colonial settlers continue storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on a near daily basis, continueing to tread on established agreements and destroying what remains of the status quo.

According to local reporting, dozens of Zionist settlers stormed the mosque compound while under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces and Shin Bet security services, carrying out tours of the compound and performing provocative rituals while blocking Muslim worshippers from entering the compound.

On Sunday, "Temple Groups" of more than 370 colonial settlers stormed the compound, announcing their intention of establishing a human chain surrounding the mosque and calling for its demolition.

At the same time, Shin Bet police turned the Old City area of Jerusalem into a military barracks, deploying hundreds of its security officers in the streets and near the Al-Aqsa Gates, as well as the gates to the Old City.

In other news on Monday, the Israeli ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip reached a new milestone, with more than 84% of territory under mandatory evacuation orders by the Israeli occupation army.

In a report published by Turkish news outlet Anadolu News Agency, Anadolu cites the deputy spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Farhan Haq, as saying that the Israeli occupation's "ongoing bombardment and hostilities in Gaza continue to kill, injure and displace Palestinians- as well as damage and destroy the homes and infrastructure they rely on."

"Two evacuation orders were issued by the Israeli military over the weekend for Khan Yunis, mostly for areas that were previously placed under evacuation," Haq said during a press conference on Monday morning.

Farhan Haq went on to point out that around 23 displacement sites, along with 14 water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and four educational facilities have been effected by the occupation's evacuation orders.

"In total, about 305 square kilometers (117.7 square miles), or nearly 84% of the Gaza Strip, have been placed under evacuation orders by the Israeli military," Haq said during the press conference.

He also noted that the entry of humanitarian aid supplies into the Gaza Strip has been severely restricted as a result of "active hostilities, access constraints, high levels of insecurity, the lack of public order and safety," as well as other factors.

During a back and forth with reporters, Haq responded to a question about whether a "genocide" is unfolding in Gaza by saying that there would need to be "a judicial ruling" by the appropriate courts to label it as such.

While referring to previous comments regarding the situation in Gaza, Haq said that "these are alarming figures for any conflict anywhere," and also called for a ceasefire.

Meanwhile, the Israeli's genocidal war continues unabated, with the constant slaughter of civilians and near complete destruction of Palestinian housing, facilities and infrastructure amid the constant bombardment of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF).

Beginning on Monday morning, local ambulance crews reported the recovery of two dead bodies from the western neighborhoods of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to local reporting, Occupation forces bombarded residential homes in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians who were recovered by local ambulance and civil defense crews.

The Israeli occupation army also detonated an entire residential block in the town of Abasan al-Jadida, east of the city of Khan Yunis, in the south of Gaza.

Prior to that, on Sunday evening, Israeli aircraft bombed a number of civilian homes in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, as well as in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, and in Rafah in southern Gaza.

According to local reporting, Zionist warplanes bombed a residential house belonging to the Hamdan family west of the Nuseirat Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of two Palestinians and wounding several others.

Similarly, on Monday morning, occupation fighter jets bombed a residential home belonging to the Murad family west of Gaza City, killing two civilians and wounding a number of others with various injuries.

In another atrocity, Zionist forces targeted a gathering of civilians near the Badr Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City. Following the strike, Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics reported the transfer of three dead Palestinians and a number of wounded to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the city.

Moreover, throughout the day, Israeli occupation forces began several waves of intense bombardments targeting the city of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, resulting in dozens of casualties throughout the day.

Zionist artillery shelling and airstrikes targsted the residential home of the Al-Najjar family in the Ma'an neighborhood of Khan Yunis, killing several Palestinians and wounding others, while occupation forces also bombed a civilian vehicle in the vicinity of a refueling station on Salah al-Din Street, east of the Khan Yunis, killing at least three Palestinians and wounding 10 others.

It was also reported that Zionist soldiers fired smoked grenades towards neighborhoods east of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

The Israeli occupation army continued its horrific war crimes by bombing a civilian residence in the town of Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, killing more than 10 Palestinians and wounding a number of others.

On Monday evening, occupation aircraft bombarded a residential home belonging to the Darwish family in the Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, killing one civilian and wounding several others, while another bombing of the Al-Sayed family home on Block-9 of the Al-Bureij Camp, also in central Gaza, killed a Palestinian citizen and his son.

In another criminal bombing, occupation forces targeted the residential home of the Abu Alwan family in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, resulting in a number of dead and wounded.

Additionally, Zionist warplanes bombed another residential house in the town of Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Yunis, killing two Palestinian civilians and wounding several others.

As a result of the Israeli occupation's ongoing war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, the death toll now exceeds 39'897 Palestinians killed, including at least 10'980 women and more than 16'315 children, while another 92'152 others have been wounded since the start of the current round of Zionist aggression, beginning with the events of October 7th, 2023.

August 12th, 2024

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