Israel continues to increase its attacks on Gaza. While the number of dead and injured is increasing with each passing minute, Israel does not stop targeting hospitals. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) “It is impossible to describe the situation on the ground. Hospital corridors are crammed with the wounded, sick and dying, and morgues are overflowing.” said. On the other hand, President Macron called on Israel to stop “Babies, women and the elderly are being bombed and killed. There is no justification or legitimacy for this. That’s why we call on Israel to stop.” said. These words were met with a swift response from Netanyahu.
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NETANYAHU: ‘RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS TO HAMAS, NOT ISRAEL’
Netanyahu made a written statement from the Prime Ministry’s office following French President Emmanuel Macron’s words that “civilians died in the attacks on Gaza and Israel should stop its attacks.”
Comparing Hamas and DAESH in his statement, Netanyahu said, “The responsibility for any harm to civilians belongs to Hamas-DAESH, not Israel.” he said.
Noting that “Israel entered the war because the terrorist organization brutally murdered hundreds of Israelis and took more than 200 Israelis hostage,” Netanyahu said that while Israel did its best not to harm civilians and called on them to leave the battlefields, Hamas tried to prevent civilians from going to safe areas. He claimed that he did what he could and used them as human shields.
“Hamas-DAESH commits crimes against humanity by brutally holding our women, children and elderly hostage. They use schools, mosques and hospitals as terrorist command centers.” said Netanyahu and continued:
“The crimes committed by Hamas-DAESH in Gaza today will be committed tomorrow in Paris, New York and all over the world. World leaders should condemn Hamas-DAESH, not Israel.”
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“MORGIES ARE FULLY FULL”
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held its 7th meeting on the Palestine issue in about a month at the UN Headquarters in New York, with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Regional Director of the Red Crescent and Red Cross Mervan Jilani. He listened to his statements about the developments in the region.
WHO Director said, “It is impossible to describe the situation on the ground. Hospital corridors are crowded with the injured, sick and dying, morgues are overflowing. Surgeries are performed without anesthesia. Tens of thousands of displaced people are taking shelter in hospitals. Families stuck in overcrowded schools suffer from food and water shortages.” .” He stated:
Ghebreyesus shared the information that more than 10,800 people have been killed in Gaza so far since Israel’s large-scale siege and attack on Gaza after October 7, and almost 70 percent of them were women and children.
WHO Director Ghebreyesus said, “On average, a child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza. 1.5 million people have been displaced and are looking for a place to shelter. But nowhere and no one is safe.” said.
Ghebreyesus mentioned that the risk of diarrhea and epidemics increases as people in the Gaza Strip are squeezed into a smaller and smaller area, and that more than 180 women give birth every day in Gaza, 9 thousand people receive cancer treatment, and 350 thousand patients with heart, diabetes and hypertension suffer from heart disease. He emphasized that there is.
Ghebreyesus said that the opinion that the two-state solution is good for Palestine is dominant in the region, and emphasized that this is actually for the benefit of Israel.
Ghebreyesus noted that during his visit to Israel in 2014, he advised his Israeli counterpart that they should adopt the two-state solution “for their own good.”
WHO Director concluded his words as follows:
“This crisis once again reveals the necessity of reforming the Security Council. Member states, especially the 5 permanent members, should take this need seriously. Reform the Security Council.”
Speaking after Ghebreyesus at the UN Security Council, Red Crescent and Red Cross Regional Director Mervan Jilani said, “I call on the Council members to do their best to prevent further death and suffering on behalf of the volunteer doctors, nurses and emergency medical teams who lost their lives in Gaza hospitals.” he said.
In the meeting he attended online, Jilani said that the risk of losing all patients in intensive care and children in incubators is “very serious.”
“Please listen to the screams of blood-soaked children.” Jilani said and asked to be questioned “why the world is so indifferent” to their lives.
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STATEMENT FROM HAMAS: ‘USA IS RESPONSIBLE’
A written statement was made by Hamas after Israel targeted the Shifa Hospital several times since yesterday.
In the statement, “We hold the American administration and President Biden responsible for this heinous crime committed against medical personnel, patients, injured and displaced persons in Şifa Hospital and its surroundings.” The expression was used.
Hamas’ statement called on “the United Nations (UN) and Arab and Islamic countries to intervene immediately to stop this brutal attack and to assume political and legal responsibility for the protection of hospitals and civilians, which are considered safe areas according to international law.”
The statement noted that merely condemning Israel and its Nazi policy encouraged it to commit crimes, and that the historical responsibility arising from this would haunt those who failed to protect children and defenseless civilians in Gaza.
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In a written statement made by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Israeli warplanes carried out violent attacks near the Indonesian Hospital in the north of Gaza.
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“ALL SERVICES WILL STOP IN 3 HOURS”
A written statement was made by the Palestinian Red Crescent on the issue.
In the statement, it was stated that all services at Jerusalem Hospital would stop within 3 hours due to fuel shortage, and that in this case, 500 patients and injured people would be deprived of health services, and patients in intensive care and babies in incubators would die.
The Palestinian Red Crescent had previously stated that fire was opened in the intensive care unit of the Jerusalem Hospital.
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MACRON: ‘WE CALL ISRAEL TO STOP’
French President Emmanuel Macron said in an exclusive interview with the British broadcaster BBC that a ceasefire in Gaza would benefit Israel.
Reminding that France openly condemned Hamas’s attacks on Israel, Macron said, “I hope they will (call for a ceasefire).” he replied.
Macron stated that he was one of the first leaders to call the Israeli President and Prime Minister on October 7 and said, “On the first day, we said that this is the fight against terrorism. Because it is carried out by a democracy and must comply with international rules, rules of war and international humanitarian law. However, day by day, civilians in Gaza “We started to see that it was being bombed all the time.” he said.
Underlining that a ceasefire is the only solution available, Macron responded to the question of whether Israel complies with international rules: “There is no justification for attacking civilians.” he replied.
Macron: “Is Israel violating international humanitarian law?” He answered the question with the following words:
“As a partner and friend, I say that a month after the terrorist attack, if you try to deal with it in this way, I think you will be the one to be condemned and the one to blame. Today, civilians are bombed. Babies, women, the elderly are bombed and killed. There is no justification or legitimacy for this. That’s why Israel “We call on everyone to stop. I am not a judge, I am a head of state. I remind everyone of international law and call for a ceasefire.”
Macron added that Israel’s bombing of Gaza caused bad feelings in the region, prolonging the conflict.
Commenting on the march against anti-Semitism to be held in the country on Sunday, Macron underlined that his country is one of the European countries with the largest Muslim and Jewish populations, and said that all French people should be united against anti-Semitism and share the pain experienced by Palestinians.
