Let’s start with the human cost in Gaza. Remember, we are talking about a tiny strip of land densely packed with more than 2 million people who cannot leave, where Israel has dropped thousands of bombs. More than 40,000 people have been killed according to Gaza’s health ministry. It recently published a list naming more than 30,000 of the dead. The list is 649 pages long. The first 13 pages are all babies under one. It is not until page 215 that you see the name of an adult. This year has been a relentless cycle of loss: loss of loved ones, loss of homes, and loss of livelihoods.
Right now, the UN’s highest court is deciding whether Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide—an accusation Israel rejects. Gaza has been devastated by Israel’s bombing. By May 2024, more than half of all of Gaza’s buildings had been damaged or destroyed according to the UN. Thousands of residential buildings, roads, farmlands, mosques, churches, hospitals, universities, and schools have been destroyed. The landscape is totally decimated and destroyed. Nearly everyone in Gaza, 90% of the population, has been forced to leave their home. Many people have had to pack up and move over and over again, living in bombed-out buildings, tents, and out in the streets. The Israeli military has issued dozens of evacuation orders telling civilians to go to so-called safe zones while it says it goes after Hamas fighters. But even those zones are coming under fire. Humanitarian agencies say nowhere in Gaza is safe. Daylight gives you a sense of the power that came from the air. Israel says it targeted various Hamas field commanders, but what that means is that Israel targeted a camp for the internally displaced. Their tarp or tents have no protection against Israel’s military might. Israel deemed this a safe zone, but it was not. In September, at least 19 people were killed. Time and time again, we have seen Israel justifying massacres in order to pursue the alleged killing of militants. But by this token, Israel is given license to kill everyone in Gaza by simply claiming it was to kill a Hamas member. This is indecent and beyond unlawful. https://www.juancole.com/2024/10/year-israels-wasnt.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32776): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32776 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108891689/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
