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Gaza hospitals on the brink of collapse as Israeli offensive continues Jan 07 09 Livni to meet with Sarkozy in Paris Jan 01 09 Palestinians Storm Gaza-Egypt Border Attempting to Flee Bombing Dec 29 08 Latest News ArticlesMezan Center: “Children Stay by Dead Mother for Days Starving, army continues to target civilians 19:48 Thu 08 Jan Lebanese rocket fire hits Northern Israel; Hezbollah deny involvement 17:47 Thu 08 Jan Israeli soldier killed in Gaza 17:41 Thu 08 Jan Thousands of Palestinians protest throughout the West bank against the Israeli attacks on Gaza 16:45 Thu 08 Jan Israeli army kills a Palestinian man near Jerusalem 16:41 Thu 08 Jan 13th day under attack; Death toll in Gaza reaches 765 16:39 Thu 08 Jan Thousands of people flee their homes in southern Gaza after threats by the army 20:04 Wed 07 Jan The Israeli army injures five Palestinians near Ramallah 19:25 Wed 07 Jan Gaza hospitals on the brink of collapse as Israeli offensive continues 19:23 Wed 07 Jan 12th day under attack: death toll in Gaza reaches 700 18:33 Wed 07 Jan Full StoryStatements of UN High Commissioner regarding the siege “anger” IsraelIsraeli was “angered” by the statements of Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; as she called on Israel to immediately lift its blockade over the Gaza Strip as this siege violates the international and humanitarian law.
Pillay issued a statement from her office in Geneva urging Israel to allow the entry of food, medicine and fuel into the Gaza Strip and called on Israel to restore electricity and water supplies. In her statement, Pillay said that Israel is depriving 1.5 million Palestinians from the basic human rights and called on Israel to halt its air strikes and invasions to the impoverished Gaza Strip. She also called on Palestinian fighters to stop the firing of homemade shells into adjacent Israel areas. The Israeli ambassador to Geneva, Aharon Leshno-Yaar, was angered by the statement of Pillay and accused her of being “shortsighted and repeating blatant information”. He said that Palestinian groups fired more than 170 homemade shells in the past ten days. The Israeli ambassador also denied that Israel is cutting essential supplies to Gaza. On Monday, Israel allowed only two trucks loaded with foods and medicine into the Gaza Strip. International human rights organizations said that the two trucks are not enough and will not alleviate the food shortages in the Gaza Strip. Israel is still barring fuel shipments from reaching the main power plant in Gaza forcing the residents to go through repeated and extended blackouts. Since November 4, the UNRWA has been unable to provide essential services to more than 750.000 refugees in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli restrictions and the illegal siege. Nearly 270 patients, including women, children and elderly, died in the Gaza Strip due to the siege as Gaza hospitals ran out of basic medical supplies and equipment while Israel is barring the patients from leaving the Gaza Strip for medical treatment elsewhere. |