Intl. bodies ‘remain indifferent’ towards Gaza’s suffering despite calls: Civil Defense

Gaza’s Civil Defense has censured international organizations for their inaction on the suffering of Palestinians amid a genocidal Israeli war on the besieged territory.

Mahmoud Basal, the agency’s spokesman, made the remarks on Sunday, as Israel continues its bloody attacks on the Gaza Strip and impedes the humanitarian response to the catastrophe there.

“All our appeals to international organizations and humanitarian institutions have not changed the current situation in Gaza,” he said.

“Our message to the free people of the world is to increase pressure on the international community to enable service providers to fulfill their humanitarian duty.”

Israel waged its brutal Gaza onslaught on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out a historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

So far, the occupying regime has killed at least 43,341 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 102,105 others, in Gaza.

Last month, Israel intensified its attacks in the northern Gaza Strip, cut the area off from the rest of the territory, and blocked nearly all food aid from entering the region.

On Friday, leaders of 15 UN agencies and other humanitarian organizations said the situation in northern Gaza is “apocalyptic” and that the entire population there is “at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence.”

Basal said more than 100,000 people are left without food, water, or medicine in northern Gaza, noting that they are in dire need of life-sustaining resources.

He added that Israel has continued around-the-clock bombardment of civilian homes, especially in northern Gaza, and destroyed numerous buildings.

Israeli artillery and drones pose a significant threat to Gaza residents, instilling constant fear and panic among them, he lamented.

Over the past 400 days, the usurping regime has refused to allow Civil Defense vehicles and equipment into Gaza, demonstrating a clear intent to keep the Civil Defense system paralyzed in the face of emergencies.

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