WASHINGTON
– On Friday, the Intercept, an online American news organization, published a
report shedding light on Israel’s disregard for the
International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision to prevent acts leading to genocide in Gaza. The
report emphasized the continued brutality of the
Israeli Occupation Forces
(IOF) in dealing with Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and prisons.
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According
to the report, since the ICJ’s ruling, at least 874 Palestinians have been
killed and more than 1,490 injured in Gaza, according to the
Palestinian Ministry of Health. This figure does not account for other Israeli acts of
violence in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Khaberni reported.
Al
Jazeera reported that IOF forces in the West Bank handcuffed a Palestinian
youth, forced him to wear military attire, and used him as a human shield
during a raid on a refugee camp in
occupied Jerusalem.
The
Intercept also mentioned that IOF soldiers disguised as medical personnel
invaded a hospital in the
West Bank and executed three Palestinians by shooting
them “in the head from close range.” After receiving shrapnel from an Israeli
drone missile, one of the victims was in the hospital for nearly four months.
Palestinians
who were released from Israeli prisons shared disturbing testimonies about
their humiliation and the visible signs of torture on their bodies. In one
video that circulated this week, an IOF soldier forced abducted Palestinians to
declare that they would be their slaves.
Meanwhile, in Gaza, disturbing video footage from the past week
showed a mass grave containing 30 bound and blindfolded bodies was discovered
in a school in northern Gaza. Additionally, a
six-year-old girl in Gaza witnessed the IOF opening fire and killing her family inside the car they were
traveling in. Although she survived, her current whereabouts remain unknown.
Furthermore,
an IOF soldier filmed himself in Khan Yunis, echoing Netanyahu’s speech about
the biblical story of Amalekite. In this story, God orders the killing of an
entire community. These comments helped South African lawyers demonstrate
Israel’s intent on genocide.
Furthermore,
the American newspaper highlighted that “the broader misery faced by all
residents” in Gaza is a cause for concern.
The
Guardian reported that “between 50 percent and 62 percent of all buildings in
Gaza have been damaged or destroyed.”
The
ongoing famine has forced Palestinians to eat grass and drink contaminated
water.
Additionally,
UNICEF estimates that around 17,000 children in Gaza are orphaned or separated
from their families, left to fend for themselves.
Furthermore,
within hours of the ICJ’s ruling, Israel accused 12 out of 30,000 UNRWA
employees of being involved with Hamas in Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
Consequently, the US immediately suspended its funding to UNRWA, the largest
humanitarian aid provider in Gaza, prompting several other countries to follow
suit.
Subsequently,
Sky News obtained an Israeli document that significantly reduced the claim to
six UNRWA employees being involved in Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. While these
documents allege further connections between UNRWA and Hamas, they do not
directly implicate
UNRWA.
The
stark contradiction lies in the US decision to
halt funding based on unverified allegations while refusing to reconsider its
military funding to Israel, despite serious accusations of genocide.
The
Intercept also reported that when asked about Israel receiving aid while its
government officials call for ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, Matthew Miller,
the spokesperson for the US Department of State, responded that “the minister
clarified during his recent visit to Israel that it is important for the
Israeli government to address those issues and comments publicly and to reiterate that forcing Palestinians to leave Gaza
is not Israeli policy.”
However,
Israeli officials disregarded the US’ confirmations. Two days after the ICJ
issued an order to the Israeli government to prevent genocide, government
officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Itamar
Ben-Gvir, the Minister of National Security of Israel, and Bezalel Smotrich,
the Finance Minister of Israel, convened to discuss creating Israeli
settlements in Gaza.
“Yoav
Gallant told members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in the
Knesset that Israel will retain military control over Gaza after the end of the
military campaign so that it can operate in the same way it does in the West
Bank,” the publication reported.
Additionally,
Smotrich stated that “allowing aid to enter Gaza contradicts the goals of the
Israeli campaign.” These statements incited Israeli citizens to gather at aid
crossings, attempting to prevent aid trucks from entering Gaza. Millions of
Gazans face the risk of famine and malnutrition every day.
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