– Palestinians, good people of the world will never stop fighting for a free Palestine – MPAC Nigeria
In Gaza, each day brings more death as strikes topple buildings with families inside. Six months of war have killed more than 33,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
Israel’s siege, bombardment and ground offensive have created what the United Nations and aid officials call a man-made crisis of near starvation. Several hundred thousand Palestinians in northern Gaza face imminent famine, with little aid able to reach them, the UN says.
In Gaza’s southern-most city, a crowd of children and men thrust their pots and bowls out for meals being distributed by an aid group. An impromptu tent city has blanketed the edges of Rafah, filled with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled Israel’s offensive in other parts of Gaza. The influx has swelled Rafah to some 1.4 million people, about five times the normal population.
In one photo, a girl looks on in shock as a man carries a child out of the rubble of a building in the southern city of Khan Younis, which has been the focus of Israel’s ground offensive for the past months. With entire blocks now in ruins, parts of Khan Younis are starting to resemble Gaza City in the north, where some estimates say about 70 percent of buildings have been destroyed or damaged.
At its six-month mark, it is not clear what direction the war will now take. Weeks of mediation by the United States, Egypt and Qatar for a longer ceasefire have so far been unable to make a breakthrough. But international pressure is ongoing for a halt in the war. Israel has also said it is determined to expand its offensive to Rafah, determined to uproot Hamas from what it says is its last stronghold. That has raised alarm over a possible dramatic increase in casualties and an escalation in the conflict.
The Executive Chairman, Muslim Public Affairs Centre, MPAC, Nigeria, Kamor Disu said the US government made the political decisions to destroy Palestine and the Palestinian people with total disregard for the cries of the Palestinian people and the call by many people and nations across the world in the last six months.
“Even against the majority position of its own citizens, the American government continues to send deadly weapons to the Israeli military, knowing full well the terror of each shipment, and the catastrophic consequences for the Palestinian people.
“Palestinians and all people around the world who believe in the equality of human lives, freedom and dignity of all people will never stop fighting for a free Palestine, from the river to the sea. America will be remembered for the pains it’s inflicted on humanity, including this latest one in Palestine,” he said.
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