A group of deputies from the PS, PCP and BE called this Monday for an “immediate, lasting and lasting ceasefire” to stop the escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel and to join the UN challenge.
This call was signed by 22 Portuguese delegates, 18 from the PS (including Isabel Moreira, Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, Jamila Madeira, Ivan Gonçalves, Miguel Costa Matos), three from the PCP (Paula Santos, Bruno Dias and Alma Rivera) and Joana Mortágua from BE.
“For an immediate, lasting and lasting ceasefire leading to a halt to the current escalation of violence” is the title of this call, in which delegates declare that they align themselves with the “UN call and demand of millions of people around the world.” world”.
“They call for the establishment of an immediate, lasting and sustainable ceasefire leading to a halt to the current escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel,” it said the document to which the Lusa agency had access.
Delegates recalled that at the end of October the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the protection of civilians and the fulfillment of legal and humanitarian obligations, taking into account “the deterioration of the situation in the Gaza Strip and the remaining occupied Palestinian areas, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel.”
In this resolution, the United Nations called, among other things, for “an immediate, lasting and sustained humanitarian ceasefire leading to the cessation of hostilities” and demanded “the immediate, continued, sufficient and unhindered supply of essential goods and services to civilians throughout Gaza.” Strip”.
“Call to revoke the order for Israel, the occupying power, Palestinian civilians and United Nations personnel, as well as humanitarian and medical workers, to evacuate all areas of the Gaza Strip north of Wadi Gaza and move to South Gaza ” added the same. UN text, according to which the “just and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can only be achieved through peaceful means” and with respect for international law.
The number of deaths in Gaza as a result of the Israeli offensive exceeds 18,000 and the number of injured exceeds 49,200, according to a report released today by the Gaza Strip’s Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
The Israeli army, for its part, has increased the number of deaths in its ranks to 430 since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, including 101 since the offensive in the Gaza Strip began on the 27th of that month.
The Islamist group’s attack left nearly 1,200 dead and about 240 people were kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip.
There are almost 1.9 million internally displaced persons in Gaza, approximately 80% of the population of approximately 2.3 million, facing a serious humanitarian crisis.
Source: DN
