On the anniversary of the Hamas atrocities, I still can’t understand how Israel leadership can possibly rationalize their vengeful over-the-top offensive response which has resulted in the destruction, genocide, and famine in Gaza. The lack of humanity for innocent humans has been multiplied 50-100x. It’s sad and avoidable. The world needs to hold both Israeli leadership and Hamas accountable for their war crimes against humanity.
“Osama is one of hundreds of thousands of children whose lives have been shattered during Israel’s yearlong military offensive in Gaza, which has brought on a humanitarian catastrophe. More than 41,900 people have been killed, according to health officials in Gaza, since Israel launched its assault after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks in which some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 taken hostage, marking a major escalation in a decades-long conflict.
Like the rest of Gaza’s children, who make up about half of the strip’s population of 2.2 million, Osama bears no responsibility for the Oct. 7 attacks, nor the devastating war that followed. But children like him are paying a high price, with more than 16,900 killed, including dozens of infants under the age of 1, during the intensive Israeli bombing and ground operations, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
With the Israeli government’s stated aim of destroying Hamas and seeing the remaining 97 hostages returned, bombs have flattened much of Gaza and driven an estimated 90 percent of the population from their homes ?— often multiple times. Now, hundreds of thousands live in crowded tent cities. Even designated safe zones are not safe.
Young people are especially vulnerable to disease and other health ailments ripping through Gaza. Malnutrition is rife among the young, and diseases like polio, hepatitis, and cholera are flourishing in the crowded and unsanitary conditions.
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5 个月Sweet little child… may you recover soon. Save the Children International UNICEF Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières - USA Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada Médecins Sans Frontières HK Doctors Without Borders (MSF) International Court of Justice (ICJ) International Criminal Court Ausw?rtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) Germany