The Palestinian Foreign Ministry complained this Sunday that Western responses to the Hamas offensive against Israel are distorting reality by “ignoring the number of Palestinian casualties” and “the destruction” caused by the Israeli counterattack.
Palestinian authorities recalled that so far 313 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 injured in Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.
“A large number of whom were defenseless civilians and here the ministry asks itself: where are the international community’s responses to this?” he said in a statement.
The guardianship especially deplored the continued demand by the Jewish State’s allies for Israel’s right to self-defense, recognizing that this is an “international authorization” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to commit massacres, which would “make the community an international accomplice” to convert”. in these crimes.
Palestinian authorities criticized other “collective punitive measures,” such as Israel’s decision on Saturday to cut electricity supplies to Gaza “with the aim of starving the population.”
Finally, the Palestinian government draws attention to the situation in the West Bank, which is currently under numerous Israeli blockades: “The checkpoints disrupt the area, prevent the movement of civilians and give Israeli settlers the freedom to commit more crimes” , described.
The Islamist group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israeli territory on Saturday, in an operation dubbed “Al-Aqsa Storm”, with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed militiamen by land, sea and air.
According to the latest estimates, at least 300 people died in Israel as a result of the attack, while at least 313 Palestinian people were killed as part of the Jewish State’s strong air offensive over Gaza.
Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel is “at war” with Hamas.
Source: DN
