Daily and cumulative report of the martyrs and in the Gaza Strip – wounded

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State of Pales+ne
Ministry of Health
Health Emergency Opera+ons Center Center

State of Palestine

Ministry of Health Public Health Emergency Operation

Daily and cumulative report of the martyrs and in the Gaza Strip – wounded

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the daily report :First

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21N/1u1/m20b2e3rs

of martyrs and their distribution by type and gender

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Classification by category

Classification by gender

Martyrs for a day

the hospital

childre n

wome n

men

Female s

Males

0

Indonesian

0

Kamal Adwan

0

Shifa

28

22

45

40

55

95

Aqsa-Al martyrs

0

9

3

9

3

12

Naser

0

0

1

0

1

1

European

0

Al Najjar

0

Emirati

49

59

108

Total

. Numbers of wounded and their distribution

n

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Classification according to severity

Classification by category

Classification by gender

My day is wound ed

the hospital

Minor

Mediu m

Seriou s

childr en

wom en

men

Femal es

Males

0

Indonesia

0

Kamal Adwan

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State of Pales+ne
Ministry of Health
Health Emergency Opera+ons Center Center

State of Palestine

Ministry of Health Public Health Emergency Operation

0

Shifa

48

40

28

26

40

50

43

73

116

Aqsa-Al martyrs

24

15

5

3

17

23

17

26

43

Naser

10

90

82

23

46

133

56

126

182

European

11

3

0

3

3

8

5

9

14

al Najjar

0

Emirati

55

106

214

121

234

355

Total

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There is still a lack of information in :Note – Shifa and Indonesian Hospitals-Al

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The cumulative report from the beginning of the aggression :Second until 11/21/2023

Numbers of martyrs and their distribution by type and gender

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Classification by category

Classification by gender

Cumulat ive martyrs

the hospital

childre n

wome n

men

Female s

Males

1852

Indones ian

130

175

284

223

359

619

Kamal Adwan

4891

Shifa

888

1005

1163

1464

1601

3067

Aqsa-Al martyrs

417

454

551

661

761

1422

Naser

72

69

177

109

209

318

Europea n

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State of Pales+ne
Ministry of Health
Health Emergency Opera+ons Center Center

State of Palestine

Ministry of Health Public Health Emergency Operation

339

301

413

457

596

1053

al Najjar

42

27

27

56

40

96

Emirati

13318

Total

. Numbers of wounded and their distribution

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Classification according to severity

Classification by category

Classification by gender

Accumu lation of wounde d

the hospital

Minor

Mediu m

Serio us

childr en

wom en

men

Femal es

Males

3990

Indonesi an

1860

822

470

710

703

1285

1055

820

3291

Kamal Adwan

11356

Shifa

2496

2585

1263

1281

164 0

3352

2185

4152

6344

Aqsa-Al martyrs

2992

1331

365

1106

114

2435

1596

3092

4688

Naser

507

1192

1011

510

7 697

1503

979

1731

2710

Europea

611

629

1450

909

1806

2717

al Najjar

33

19

32

23

26

35

46

38

84

Emirati

35180

Total

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The numbers in red reflect the last – cumulative number that arrived from the
governorate before the disconnection on
11/10/2023

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State of Pales+ne
Ministry of Health
Health Emergency Opera+ons Center Center

State of Palestine

Ministry of Health Public Health Emergency Operation

The number of missing people so far is – 6,000, including 4,000 children and
.women

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Kidnap of Shifa doctors/ data on killed and wounded at nov 21

Press by MoH
 [24/11, 12:42] : The most prominent items in the press release issued by the Ministry of Health regarding the arrest of a number of medical personnel by the Israeli occupation:
 We have been informed by the United Nations that there is coordination through the World Health Organization to evacuate those present in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, which is subject to siege, storming, and destruction by the Israeli occupation forces, and depriving those in it of food, water, medicine, electricity, and security.
 Therefore, a convoy from the United Nations, represented by the World Health Organization, moved yesterday to evacuate some of the patients and medical staff who were subjected within the hospital walls to the most horrific Nazi practices and starvation.
 We were surprised that this convoy was stopped at the occupation checkpoint separating the northern and southern Gaza Strip for about seven hours, during which it was dealt with with extreme violence by the Israeli occupation forces towards the patients, companions, and accompanying medical staff.
 The matter ended with the arrest of a number of them, led by the Director General of the Shifa Complex.  Medical Dr.  Muhammad Abu Salamiya.
 In view of the above, we affirm the following:
 The presence of the UN and their crews, and going out under their banner, deceived our medical teams and made them trust their coordination to evacuate the wounded and medical teams.
 The Israeli occupation bears full responsibility for the lives and safety of detained colleagues.
 The United Nations bears full responsibility for this event and we await appropriate and urgent measures on their part to address this.
 The World Health Organization has not yet submitted any report to the Ministry to clarify what happened, including the numbers and names of detainees.
 The inability to communicate with Al-Shifa Medical Complex made us unable to know who was arrested in light of the failure to receive any report from the World Health Organization regarding their numbers and names. This creates the opportunity to liquidate these teams, especially with this criminal enemy.
  The Ministry of Health has decided to completely stop coordination with the World Health Organization on the issue of evacuating the rest of the wounded and medical teams until a report is submitted explaining what happened, and the detainees are released.
[24/11, 12:42] forse: Spokesman for the Ministry of Health: The United Nations informed us that there was coordination through the World Health Organization with Israel to evacuate part of the patients and medical staff from Al-Shifa Hospital, and a convoy from the United Nations moved for this purpose.
 Spokesman for the Ministry of Health: The occupation army stopped the convoy at a checkpoint separating the northern and southern Gaza Strip for seven hours, and the soldiers dealt with extreme violence with the medical staff, the wounded, the sick, and those accompanying them, and the matter ended with the arrest of the director of Al-Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salamiya.
 Spokesman for the Ministry of Health: The occupation bears full responsibility for the lives and safety of detained colleagues.  The United Nations bears full responsibility for what happened, and we await measures on their part to address this.
 Spokesman for the Ministry of Health: We decided to stop coordination with the World Health Organization until we receive a report on what happened and release all detainees.
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the matter of gas /adalah podcast/ varufakis interview/now hamas HQ are in kanyounes/ the pope/gag and punishement for press reporting october7

The deadly Hamas attack on October 7 resulted in the freezing of the normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the only one capable of allowing the establishment of an economic corridor linking the region to Europe via the Israeli ports of Ashkelon and Haifa. A necessary path to no longer depend on Russian fossil fuels. For this, the Palestinian enclave must be under control.

The scene takes place during the G20 summit which was held in New Delhi, India, on September 9 and 10. With a smile on their lips, the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announce the launch of a new project that the President of the United States, Joe Biden, hails as “a really big deal” (a very big deal).
This project, called the “Global Infrastructure Investment Partnership”, could, according to its designers, accelerate trade between India and Europe by 40% and help normalize relations between Israel and the Gulf States. , which is one of the essential conditions for its achievement. It is also a competing project with that of the new Silk Roads (Belt and Road Initiative) that China wants to establish. Beijing is trying to connect East Asia and the Middle East to the Mediterranean Sea through Iranian and Iraqi lands and to Syrian ports.

“A game-changing investment”
The deadly Hamas attack on October 7, whatever the purpose and motives, put a stop to this planned partnership. The ongoing normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, by far the most important, is at a standstill and the question of Palestine, relegated in recent years to the backstage of history, finds itself center stage, to the great dismay of Benyamin Netanyahu, who is totally invested in the project.
Therefore, the initiative publicly announced at the G20 summit sheds new light on the current sequence, the Israeli unleashing against the Gaza Strip and the astonishing support of European countries for this relentlessness, silence or timid action Arab countries.
The plan, with unprecedented geopolitical and geo-economic benefits, supported by the United States and the European Union (EU), aims to build an economic corridor linking India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE ), Jordan, Israel and the EU through seaports and rail routes, with the aim of making trade faster and cheaper and, as officially stated, boosting economic cooperation and digital connectivity In the region.
For Modi, this India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor promises to be “a beacon of cooperation, innovation and common progress”, Biden considers it “a game-changing investment” and von der Leyen describes it as “much more than a simple railway or a cable, it is a green and digital bridge between continents and civilizations”.
Jake Sullivan, the US security adviser, remarked allusively: “We think the project itself is bold and transformative, but the vision behind it is just as bold and transformative, and we will also see it in other parts of the world. » Clearly, this is not just an economic agreement, but a change in global relations that did not come out of a hat.
The same Sullivan revealed that discussions for the project began in July 2022, during Joe Biden’s visit to Riyadh, and that another meeting between Saudi Arabia, the UAE and India took place earlier this year to formalize an agreement. Israel, which does not have diplomatic relations with Riyadh, also participated in the project, as did Jordan.

Eilat, starting point for a new gas pipeline to Europe?
In June 2022, Ursula von der Leyen visited Ukraine, Israel and then Egypt. A journey that could be described as energetic and above all energetic. A trip during which she met, in Cairo, the Egyptian Minister of Oil, Tarek El Moulla, and the Israeli Minister of Energy, Karine Elharrar. The outcome is a tripartite agreement on liquefied gas and infrastructure development to make Egypt a regional gas hub.
“We agreed to work together to transport natural gas from Israel via Egypt, then to the EU,” the President of the European Commission underlined at the time. The stated goal is to free ourselves from Russian fossil fuels. Israeli gas is liquefied in Egypt. How is it transported? Through a little-talked about gas pipeline, the result of an agreement between Cairo and Tel Aviv concluded in 2005. At the time, Egypt exported its gas to Israel.
A gas “pumped via a hundred-kilometer underwater pipeline connecting the Egyptian Mediterranean port of El-Arish to the Israeli city of Ashkelon”, as indicated by the Keys to the Middle East website. A gas pipeline that runs off the coast of the Gaza Strip. “The gas is sold to the East Mediterranean Gas Company (EMG), a consortium of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, the Israeli Merhav group and the Egyptian businessman Hussein Salem. »
A little publicized agreement which will be criticized in vain, particularly after the intervention of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip in… 2009. Closed temporarily in 2012, this pipeline was put back into service in 2020 but, this time, it is Israeli gas going to Egypt.
During her meetings in June 2022, the President of the European Commission also mentioned a project, that of the construction of a gas pipeline connecting Israeli waters to Europe. This is the EastMed gas pipeline, which the European Commission has deemed a priority within the framework of projects of common interest (PIC) in the field of energy but which would not be put into service before 2028. It would connect the gas
fields Israelis and Cypriots to Greece and then to Italy, crossing the disputed waters between Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. The interest presented by the Israeli port of Eilat, located on the Gulf of Aqaba of the Red Sea, is thus briefly mentioned. Which would make it a strategic point for energy exports from the Gulf countries to Europe.

An Israeli-Emirati consortium to build a pipeline between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean
On September 22, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at the United Nations General Assembly. After saying he was “convinced that we should not give the Palestinians a right of veto over new peace treaties likely to be concluded between Israel and the Arab states”, the head of the far-right Israeli government publicly rejoiced . “At the G20 conference, President Biden, Prime Minister Modi and European and Arab leaders announced a visionary corridor project that will stretch from the Arab Peninsula to Israel. »
Brandishing a map called the “new Middle East”, he then drew a line with a red marker starting from Asia, passing through Israel and ending in Europe. “We will not only remove the barriers between Israel and our neighbors,” he cried. Together we will build a new corridor of peace and prosperity, which will connect Asia to Europe through the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel. It’s an extraordinary change, it’s a monumental change, it’s another turning point in history. » Of the State of Palestine, there is obviously no question of it.
It is therefore a carefully considered puzzle which is being put into place and whose existence is totally conditioned by the Abraham Accords, that is to say the normalization of relations between Israel and a certain number of Arab countries. For the moment, these agreements concern Morocco, Sudan, Bahrain and the UAE.
This is how a memorandum of understanding was signed in October 2020 between the Israeli public company EAPC (Europe Asia Pipeline Company) and the Israeli-Emirati company Med-Red for the transport of oil via an oil pipeline connecting the Red Sea (via the Israeli port of Eilat) to the Mediterranean, at the Israeli port of Ashkelon, about twenty kilometers from the Gaza Strip.
Most of it currently passes through the Suez Canal through maritime tankers. This project will reduce costs and facilitate the transport of larger quantities meeting the growing needs of the European market after its supply of Russian oil and gas was interrupted following the war in Ukraine.
The United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement to build a maritime pipeline linking Israel to Cyprus, Greece and Europe, making Israel a key corridor controlling oil exports from the Gulf to the Old Continent. Which would result in a reduction of Suez Canal revenues by 17%.
To which must be added the project to duplicate the already existing trans-Israeli oil pipeline, crossing Israel for 254 km from Eilat to Ashkelon, which could mean the closure of the Egyptian Sumed oil pipeline (which transports Gulf oil from the port of Ain Sukhna, in the Red Sea, to the port of Sidi Kerir in the Mediterranean).

A secret deal between Israel and the Palestinian authority
This new road would include the drilling of a new canal, called the Ben-Gurion canal. The idea is not new, it dates from the 1960s. But it was revived by Israel at the time of the Abraham Accords. At the origin, we find the US desire not to depend on Egypt, considered too close to Russia, while, according to the US Naval Institute, 12% of world trade passes through the Suez Canal.
In April 2021, Tel Aviv even announced the start of work for June of the same year. A way of rooting the route, particularly in the mind of the American ally. According to the Armstrongeconomics website, part of this canal “would pass precisely through the Gaza Strip. The passage would begin from the port city of Eilat in Israel across the Gulf of Aqaba, via the Jordanian border and the Arabah Valley before entering the Dead Sea and heading north around the Strip of Gaza.”
This canal, unlike that of Suez, would be doubled and could therefore accommodate ships in both directions. It would also be wider and deeper. And it would provide Israel with a strategic option, because the Ben-Gurion Canal will diminish the importance of Suez to the US military. A development which Egypt will find all the more difficult to oppose (the revenues from the Suez Canal, between 6 and 9 billion dollars per year for the Egyptian treasury, will be considerably reduced) as it has renounced its sovereignty over the islands of Tiran and Sanafir for the benefit of Saudi Arabia.
However, these two islands control the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba and therefore access to the ports of Aqaba in Jordan and Eilat in Israel. “This project is not just a logistical improvement, it is a profound affirmation of Israel’s intention to become the linchpin of global maritime trade,” noted the Eurasianews.com news site on November 7.
We better understand the strategic importance of the Gaza Strip for the construction of the Ben-Gurion Canal. The junction would then take place with the large Israeli port of Haifa, further north, without any competition in the Eastern Mediterranean: the port of Beirut, in Lebanon, was destroyed three years ago and that of Latakia, in Syria, is regularly bombed by Israel. Both from a security and logistical point of view (for the extension of this oil terminal), the north of the Gaza Strip – at a minimum – should not represent any danger.
What better option for this than a territory emptied of its inhabitants? Especially since there are significant gas deposits off the coast of Gaza. Last June, Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he intended to accelerate its exploitation “within the framework of existing agreements between Israel, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority”.
While secret negotiations were underway between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Hamas declared that it would not allow the Israelis to use the Gaza gas field issue as an instrument to reach political and security agreements with ‘other parts.
Israeli relentlessness against the Palestinian enclave, made possible by the deadly Hamas attack, could well find its source in these energy projects with colossal investments. The Gulf countries, the United States and the European Union, which are not making the slightest gesture to force Israel into a ceasefire, are stakeholders. The lives of Palestinians are measured by pipelines.

L’Humanité of November 21, 2023

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IL TERRORE DI ESSERE UNA DONNA INCINTA A GAZA 5.500 donne a Gaza partoriranno in una corsa contro la nascita.

CESAREO SENZA ANESTESIA

A causa della carenza di forniture mediche, le donne palestinesi incinte sono costrette a guardare il loro ventre aperto e a sentire ogni momento dell’intervento. Sentono e vedono ogni oggetto tagliente che taglia i loro corpi. Molte di queste operazioni vengono eseguite alla luce dei cellulari, mentre gli ospedali tremano a causa dei pesanti bombardamenti israeliani.
*Molte delle donne che partoriscono senza anestesia soffrono già per amputazioni di parti del corpo a causa dei bombardamenti e per molte altre orribili ferite che sono insopportabili. I medici possono fornire loro solo spessi panni da mordere, questo è l’unico metodo disponibile per alleviare il dolore. È difficile comprendere la tortura che stanno subendo.
*Molte delle donne incinte salvate da sotto le macerie riportano ferite mortali alla placenta, che causano la morte immediata del bambino o della madre e, in molti casi, di entrambi.

NASCITA PREMATURA

Il parto non rappresenta la fine dell’emergenza. Molti bambini di Gaza, al momento, nascono prima che siano completate le 37 settimane di gravidanza, il che li rende urgentemente e costantemente bisognosi di incubatrici. A causa del blackout elettrico negli ospedali, molti di questi bambini corrono un imminente pericolo di morte.

IL DOPO

Le donne che riescono a raggiungere un centro sanitario vengono rimandate a casa “tre ore dopo il parto” per fare spazio ad altre donne o ai feriti. Senza cibo, acqua pulita, elettricità o carburante per mantenere in funzione incubatrici e unità di terapia intensiva, e con un sistema sanitario “malconcio e sull’orlo del collasso. E non sono solo le donne in procinto di partorire a essere a rischio, molte donne incinte hanno avuto aborti a causa della situazione che divora.

Testo di @adnan.barq
Copertina: Dipinto di Malak Mattar

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program of ethnic cleansing/ flotillia on the go/ BBC on “evidences”/ temporary truce tomorrow?

Let’s Not be Intimidated by the World

Giora Eiland,Yedioth Ahronoth, November 19, 2023

Heading Towards the Collapsing of Hamas:

The debate over Israel’s compliance with international demands to allow entry of fuel into Gaza reflects a fundamental conflict between Israel and the U.S. regarding the correct narrative. According to the American narrative, there are two groups of people in Gaza. One is the Hamas fighters, who are brutal terrorists and must, therefore, die. Most of the people in Gaza belong to a second group, innocent civilians who suffer for no fault of their own. Therefore Israel must not only avoid harming them as much as possible but also act to make their lives easier. The other, and more correct, narrative is as follows: Israel is not fighting a terrorist organization but against the State of Gaza. The State of Gaza is indeed under Hamas leadership, and this organization managed to mobilize all the resources of its state, the support of the majority of its citizens, and the absolute loyalty of its civil administration around Sinwar’s leadership while fully supporting his ideology. In this sense, Gaza is very similar to Nazi Germany, where a similar process also took place. Being that this is the accurate description of the situation, so it is also correct to wage the war accordingly.A war between states is not only won by military combat but also by the ability of one side to break the opposing side’s system, and the economic ability, first and foremost the ability to provide energy, is of the utmost importance. The collapse of Germany at the beginning of 1945 was mainly due to the loss of Romania’s oil fields, and once Germany didn’t have enough fuel for its planes and tanks — the war was won.

Israel must, therefore, not provide the other side with any capability that prolongs its life. Moreover, we tell ourselves that Sinwar is so evil that he does not care if all the residents of Gaza die. Such a presentation is inaccurate since who are the “poor” women of Gaza? They are all the mothers, sisters, or wives of Hamas murderers. On the one hand, they are part of the infrastructure that supports the organization, and on the other hand, if they experience a humanitarian disaster, then it can be assumed that some of the Hamas fighters and the more junior commanders will begin to understand that the war is futile and that it is better to prevent irreversible harm to their families.The way to win the war faster and at a lower cost for us requires a system collapse on the other side and not the mere killing of more Hamas fighters. The international community warns us of a humanitarian disaster in Gaza and of severe epidemics. We must not shy away from this, as difficult as that may be. After all, severe epidemics in the south of the Gaza Strip will bring victory closer and reduce casualties among IDF soldiers. And no, this is not about cruelty for cruelty’s sake since we don’t support the suffering of the other side as an end but as a means. The other side is given the option to end the suffering if they surrender. Sinwar will not surrender, but there is no reason for the Hamas militia commanders in the southern Gaza Strip not to surrender when they have no fuel and no water, and when the epidemics reach them as well, and when the danger to the lives of their women increases. The Israeli cabinet must take a harder line with the Americans and at least have the ability to say the following: as long as all the hostages are not returned to Israel, do not talk to us about the humanitarian aspects.

And yes, we believe that humanitarian pressure is also a legitimate means of increasing the chance of seeing the hostages alive. But we must not, absolutely must not adopt the American narrative that “permits” us to fight only against Hamas fighters instead of doing the right thing — to fight against the entire opposing system because it is precisely its civil collapse that will bring the end of the war closer. When senior Israeli figures tell the media, “It’s either us or them,” we should clarify the question of who is “them.” “They” are not only Hamas fighters with weapons but also all the “civilian” officials, including hospital administrators and school administrators, and also the entire Gaza population that enthusiastically supported Hamas and cheered on its atrocities on October 7.

*Many thanks to Tali

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[HumanRights] Rapist to catch breath “by Mazin Qumsiyeh

Israel continues to deliberately target residential buildings, hospitals,
schools, bakeries, flour mills, water storage facilities and other public
facilities. Butthey will nget to pause occasionally over the next few days
– like a rapist agreeingreluctantlyto take a break occasionally. >6000
children were killed in the pointed genocidal campaign to drive Gazans to
Sinai in order to steal the natural gas off the coast of Gaza. The western
governments are still part ners in the genocide even if they occasionally
start to speak of “unacceptable level of civilian deaths” (sicking language
for an ongoing genocide). Israel killed over 102 UN workers and 65
journalists to prevent the truth from coming out (largest number of
Jouranalistsmurdered in any conflict since WWII). The two wars go on: A war
of ethnic cleansing and genocide which is used to vent and give Israeli
soldiers the psychlogical satisfaction of murdering civilians because they
are losing the other war against the resistance.

There is an exchange of prisoners (as many as 150 Palestinian women and
children will be released from Israeli gulags where they are mistreated) in
exchange for 50 Israeli settlers. This could have been done weeks ago. It
took lots of lobbying from families of the Israeli prisoners to pressure
the fascist government that really did not care about Palestinian or
Israeli lives (they even bombed and burned Israeli civilians on 7 October
see previous message with links and proof).  Also the genocidal regime was
resistanct to having pauses in its genocide (let alone a ceasefore).
Nowthey will have pauses to reload and bomb more civilians. The US/Israel
war on people will continue (and it is a joint war and not just because of
the stream of US weapons- already Five US Delta forces soldiers were killed
in Gaza as well as perhaps 300 Israeli soldiers over 10 days of the grown
invasion). Over 10,000 Palestinian prisoners are still being tortured and
starved in Israeli jails andtheb ethnic cleansing and genocide continues.
But you cannot crush a people fighting for their freedom. Vietnam reduxUN OCHA on day 45 of the aggression against the people of Gaza
https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-reported-impact-day-45

 

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Gaza – A poem

11800 murdered civilians: men, women, 4600 children
But the victim we are told is the villain
Many a death certificate written before birth certificate
Yet, rotten governments western and arab procrastinate
no point to count the thousands rotting under the rubble
for no one has tools or equipment to go to the trouble
No counting of “unknowns” burried in mass graves
For there are still living injured after each of the shockwaves
The 27,000 living dead are injured many cannot be treated
For hospitals were bombed, medicine denied, and they can’t even be shielded
Hungry and thirsty they envy the dead
Children merely want to die having last meal fed
Or go to heaven where they can play
They hate the counting and feebly pray
to live to tell a story, realize dreams, maybe even an angel arrive
silence the bombs and keep hope alive
Tears stop …. Read the rest of the poem with images at
https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/gaza.html

Slow death as hunger and thirst spread in Gaza
https://www.972mag.com/gaza-food-water-crisis-starvation/

And all communication are now cut with places like Al-Shifa Hospital (the
last communication with them is that many babies out of incubators died, 3
dialysis patients died, hospital building being demolished by the
occupation army, starvation and no water…..

Hard to stay human but we must try even if ashamed of the silence of many

Mazin Qumsiyeh

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the banality of evil-n2 and some trivial/loose investigative thoughts

dear all
in brief… it rains in Gaza
people without warm clothes, enough blankets,  without water proof shelter and surely weakened by stress and a tight diet, exposed to infections because of crowding…make the natural strom a perfect potential health storm.
And most relevant … no dry flammable rubbish or wood to collect in order  to use it to make fire to cook bread or soup and no cooking spaces in the open.
is it true that today a friend told me they are already going mostly at dates and water!
today, after few “fragile” newborn babies died already and a barrage of  comments on this in the international press, after about 6 days since they were left without proper care, and surely after enough time for a preterm baby to develop conditions that will make him/her lifelong fragile or damaged,  the “Israeli loving children” have announced that they will (future) deliver 30 cradles for the newborns, only to Shifa. 
Meanwhile, they bombed again the structure of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Shifa, where there were enough cradles, but no electricity or oxygen to make them work. Surely also the eventual ones delivered by the enemy will not work without energy and oxygen, I mean work for the aim of saving lives and not of propaganda.
And for now there  is no mention of fuel for generators or new oxigen appareil (needed as the preexisting was hit by one or another ammunition) either they are magic or are of no use. 
The banality of evil is also in the fact that apparently in 160 trucks that entered today there is no mention of blankets, solar panels, cooking stoves working with gas. 
An other interesting banality is that Isreaeli keep talking of rape. I am not taking position on this but only notice that the forensic team has announced closed its job declaring they did not investigate the issue. no explanation why after so much rumor.
But the police has oipen a”difficult investigation” in their words or better those of the times of israel, based on the report of one witness who said she saw 2 rapes, one of them followed by execution. For the time being  the lady is not available to witness because is in hospital for psychological distress. 
My banal question is..if there is not the “body of the crime” i.e. the investigation on the body of the reportedly dead victim, nor the other victim of the rape surfaced yet to claim the offense…. how can an investigation arrive at any conclusion, and why is it publicized?
Mind you I do not exclude any exces a priori, nor would pardon it.
I also have reached the conclusion, by looking at the dresses and the behaviour,  that once the fence was down many more people than the team of the military operation entered, for a while at least, in Israel, so I would question the responsibility, which is individual, if any.
Given that  I look at clothes, watching the video of the shooting by helicopters and planes of the people in the flat area around the party, many of those shot had white/clear clothing not exactly that of a soldier (and seemingly no big weapons at the time they were running away and were shot). Yet the IDF killed many of them.  
Now, if the images we see in the videos are the same that they see from the cockpit… how could the military be so confused (as they admitted)  and for such a long time, and for so many victims also considering they had the time to observe  the “targets” who were running in an open space and no hiding place in view for at least a couple of minutes and some tens of hit. 
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SABATO 18 NOVEMBRE ORE 15 a Milano                 CORTEO PER GAZA

 

Concentramento: Piazzale Lotto –Milano, con termine in piazzale Maciachini 

Corteo in solidarietà al popolo Palestinese promosso dalle Comunità Palestinesi

 

I numeri sono espliciti e strazianti, non necessitano di  alcun commento:

nella striscia di Gaza si contano (a ieril 15/11/23):  11.255 morti tra cui 4.630 bambini/e, 3.130 donne e 682 anziani, mentre 29 mila sono rimasti feriti. A questi numeri vanno aggiunti i 3.250 dispersi e ritenuti morti sotto le macerie, tra cui altri 1.700 bambini/e.

In Cisgiordania dal 7 ottobre sono stati registrati 196 palestinesi uccisi e 2.700 feriti.

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Le principali dichiarazioni del direttore dell’ospedale Al-Shifa di Gaza City (oggi 16/11/23):

▪️I soldati israeliani vagano per i reparti, hanno preso i corpi dei palestinesi uccisi e hanno fatto saltare in aria le riserve d’acqua;

▪️Abbiamo più di 650 pazienti, 500 operatori sanitari e oltre 5.000 sfollati;

▪️L’ospedale è completamente circondato; le scorte di cibo e acqua sono esaurite e l’occupazione [israeliana] ha raggiunto la principale linea di approvvigionamento idrico. Le condizioni sono catastrofiche e le persone all’interno dell’ospedale piangono per la sete;

▪️I cecchini sono ovunque con l’ordine di sparare a vista, impedendo il movimento tra gli edifici; abbiamo perso i contatti con i nostri colleghi;

▪️I droni israeliani non smetteranno di sorvolare l’ospedale;

▪️Gli occupanti attualmente trattengono diverse famiglie nel magazzino dell’ospedale;

▪️Rimarremo con i feriti e i malati, e partiremo solo con loro. Vivremo con loro o moriremo insieme a loro.

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United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People NGO ACTION NEWS 16 November 2023

Middle East

  • On 20 November, the Institute for Palestine Studies will hold a webinar titled “The role of the United Nations in the War on Gaza” (in Arabic) which will feature a discussion with Ghassan Salame, former Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

 

  • On 15 November, Al-Mezan shared a briefing note prepared by the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council, providing background on the current aggression in Gaza and suggesting that senior Israeli government and military leaders may be carrying out genocidal acts against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

 

 

  • On 14 November, BADIL – Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights and the Global Palestinian Refugee and IDP Network issued a joint statement saying that UN agencies have failed to protect Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and that it is not enough to merely express “outrage” without taking practical measures to halt Palestinian suffering.

 

 

  • On 13 November, B’Tselem published an article highlighting that since the war in Gaza began, Israel has also increased its efforts to drive Palestinian shepherding communities out of South Hebron Hills. The same day, the Association for Civil Rights in Israelannounced it had sent legal correspondence to the Israeli Defense Forces with regard to “a slew of serious incidents” in the South Hebron Hills committed by reserve soldiers.

 

  • On 10 November, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies issued a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, saying that it was “more urgent than ever.” The statement also called for the liberation of all civilian hostages held in Gaza.

 

  • On 9 November, Peace Now published a special report titled “The Third Front: Settler Violence in Gaza War’s Shadow and the Impact on Area C,” which documents a rise in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank since 7 October.

Asia and Europe

 

  • On 15 November, Law for Palestine sent letters to the foreign ministers of several countries, warning them of the potential legal consequences for complicity in the crime of genocide committed by the State of Israel against the Palestinian people.

 

  • On 14 November, the Association Belgo-Palestinienne reported (in French) that some 50,000 people marched in Brussels on 11 November to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. The peaceful demonstration was organized by a broad coalition of civil society organizations, trade unions, and NGOs.

 

  • On 14 November, Association France Palestine Solidarité reported (in French) that tens of thousands of people had demonstrated in Paris on 4 and 11 November to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

 

  • On 13 November, Palestinian human rights organizations Al-Haq, Al-Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights issued a joint statement welcoming the introduction of a bill in the Belgian Parliament proposing a ban on trade with settlements in occupied territories.

 

  • On 12 November, the Palestinian Return Centre published a press release expressing alarm over Israel’s air and ground bombardment of UN facilities in the Gaza Strip, and calling on the international community to help ensure that civilians and civilian infrastructure are protected.

 

  • On 11 November, the Norwegian Refugee Council issued a press statement expressing outrage over attacks on hospitals in Gaza, noting that medical facilities and personnel have special protection under international humanitarian law.

 

  • On 10 November, Amnesty International said its petition demanding a ceasefire to end civilian suffering in Gaza has been signed by over one million people from around the world.

 

North America

 

  • On 14 November, Human Rights Watch published an article highlighting how Israel’s attacks on medical facilities and personnel are decimating the healthcare system in Gaza and should be investigated as war crimes. It also called on the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the International Criminal Court to investigate these attacks.

 

  • On 14 November, Americans for Peace Now issued a call for action, urging people to call their members of Congress to address increasing settler violence in the West Bank which threatens further destabilization amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

 

  • On 13 November, the Center for Constitutional Rights, on behalf of Palestinian human rights organizations—including Al-Haq and Defense for Children International-Palestine—and Palestinians in Gaza and the United States filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court against President Biden and other high-level US government officials for their complicity and failure to prevent the Israeli government’s unfolding genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

 

  • On 13 November, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) published an article noting actions taken by universities to censor and/or suspend student chapters of JVP and Students for Justice in Palestine for organizing sit-ins and demonstrations.

 

  • On 10 November, The Jerusalem Fund shared the recordings of three panel discussions from its 2023 Annual Conference, titled “Nakba at 75,” “Oslo at 30,” and “U.S. Policy on Palestine.”

 

United Nations

 

 

  • On 16 November, OHCHR shared a statement by UN Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts and Working Groups calling on the international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

 

  • On 15 November, the Security Council adopted resolution 2712 (2023) calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors through the Gaza Strip to facilitate the provision of essential goods and services.

 

  • On 15 November, UNRWA issued a statement highlighting the continued urgent need for fuel in the Gaza Strip. The same day, OHCHR also expressed concern over the imminent depletion of fuel supplies, noting that fuel underpins the provision of all humanitarian services in Gaza.

 

  • On 15 November, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell made a statement about her visit to Gaza where she met with children, their families and UNICEF staff. In her remarks, she described the situation as “devastating.”

 

  • On 14 November, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General made a statement saying that the Secretary-General was deeply disturbed by the situation in Gaza hospitals, and calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

 

  • On 13 November, OCHA published an infographic providing data on the numbers and types of aid trucks crossing from Egypt into Gaza since the start of the conflict on 7 October 2023. The same day, UNICEF also published an infographic highlighting the impact of the war on education in the Gaza Strip.

 

  • On 12 November, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO Regional Directors issued a joint statementcalling for urgent international action to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals in Gaza.

 

  • On 11 November, UNDP issued a statement expressing deep distress over reports that the UN compound in Gaza City had been shelled. While UN staff had vacated the premises in October, several hundred people had sought refuge in the compound.

 

  • On 10 November, WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus provided a briefing on the health situation in Gaza at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.

 

  • On 10 November, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini called on Arab States at an extraordinary summit meeting in Riyadh to increase support for the Palestinian People amid the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.

 

  • On 9 November, the General Assembly’s Fourth Committee approved six draft resolutions relating to the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine question. Further details as well as links to the resolutions can be found here. The same day, the General Assembly’s Second Committee also approved three resolutions, including one demanding that Israel cease exploitation of natural resources in Occupied Palestinian Territory.

 

  • On 9 November, UNDP and ESCWA released a joint rapid assessment report titled “The Gaza War: Expected Socio-Economic Impacts on the State of Palestine” which compiles data and employs various analytical tools to simulate the impacts of the war under different scenarios.

 

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