DaysofPal- The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza has issued a stark warning, accusing Israel of orchestrating a systematic crime against over 2.4 million civilians in the Gaza Strip.
The GMO said in a Friday statement that the deliberate obstruction of basic humanitarian needs and the all-encompassing blockade were blatant breaches of international law, especially the four Geneva Conventions.
“For more than 70 consecutive days, Israel has completely sealed off all crossings into Gaza,” the statement read. “This has prevented the entry of approximately 39,000 humanitarian aid trucks carrying food, fuel, and medicine as part of a campaign of genocide and continuous attacks on civilians.”
The media office highlighted the dire effects of the blockade, stating that all bakeries in Gaza have been shut down for 40 days, leaving Palestinians without access to bread, an essential staple.
“Over 65,000 children are now at risk of death due to severe malnutrition and lack of access to food, a direct result of Israel’s starvation tactics,” the statement warned.
According to the GMO, famine is spreading rapidly and fatally among tens of thousands of families in Gaza. It pointed to the collapse of healthcare services, acute shortages of medical supplies, and the growing toll on children, the elderly, and the sick.
“The use of starvation as a weapon of war is a crime of genocide under Article 2 of the 1948 Genocide Convention,” the statement asserted.
The GMO held Israel and its political and military allies, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, fully responsible for war crimes and their catastrophic consequences on civilian life.
It urged the international community, the UN, and the UN Security Council to step in immediately to end the starvation campaign, lift the Israeli blockade, and unconditionally reopen all crossings to let in food, medicine, fuel, and humanitarian aid.
The statement further urged the dispatch of independent international missions to document the alleged crimes, prosecute Israeli officials in international courts, and impose binding measures to halt what it described as “aggression and genocide.”
“The continued silence of the international community amounts to complicity,” the GMO concluded. “It fosters a culture of impunity and emboldens Israel to persist in committing crimes against humanity against a defenseless and besieged population.”
Israel has been waging a widespread war of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, including killing, destruction, starvation, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to stop.
This Israeli war, supported by the United States, has left more than 172,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.
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