Israel is not only destroying all living conditions in Gaza, also hard at work to destroy Palestinian culture heritage. By killing scholars, professors, poets, archives, mosques, libraries.
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/renowned-scholar-with-ties-to-waterloo-ont-university-reportedly-killed-with-his-family-in-gaza-1.6676541
https://lithub.com/poet-and-scholar-refaat-alareer-has-been-killed-by-an-israeli-airstrike/
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israel-kills-top-palestinian-scientist-president-of-islamic-university-with-whole-family-in-gaza/
The Israeli military has bombed the oldest and biggest mosque, the Great Omari Mosque, in the Gaza Strip. The mosque was built between 5CE and 7CE. The Quds News Network has published images of the destruction of the mosque, which Al Jazeera has verified.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/30/gaza-library-palestinian-culture/
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/12/03/npr-gaza-heritage-sites-destroyed-israel
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-blows-up-main-courthouse-in-gaza-strip/3073160
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-airstrikes-destroys-ancient-mosque-in-gaza-city
Since the start of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, Israeli warplanes have destroyed dozens of archaeological sites and ancient buildings in a blatant deliberate attempt to target the Palestinian cultural heritage.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Culture, the occupation warplanes bombed eight museums, including the Rafah Museum, the Al-Qarara Museum, and the Khan Yunis Museum.
Nine publishing houses and libraries were also destroyed, in addition to the complete or partial destruction of at least 21 cultural centers.
Most parts of the old town of Gaza City were also destroyed, including 20 historical buildings, churches, mosques, museums, and archaeological sites.
Three studios and media and artistic production companies were also damaged.
As well as razing farmland, even during the ceasefire
https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1359638/israeli-army-razed-agricultural-land-during-truce-hrw-reports.html
These are all war crimes and part of a genocidal campaign.
Killing thousands and thousands of civilians, targeting journalists and scholars, destroying all infrastructure and culture.
1.8 million people displaced, over 60% of structures damaged and destroyed.
Hunger in Gaza: In northern Gaza, 97% of households have inadequate food consumption and approximately 83% in southern Gaza are "adopting extreme consumption strategies" to survive, the WFP said. The agency said a quarter of households reported burning waste as their main source of cooking fuel with the rest of households using firewood or wood rubbish. On average, households said they had less than half a gallon of safe drinking water per person per day in northern Gaza.
Thomas White, the director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza, says “civil order is breaking down” in the besieged enclave.
“The streets feel wild, particularly after dark – some aid convoys are being looted and UN vehicles stoned. Society is on the brink of full-blown collapse,” White said on X.
Emergency operations crippled: The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said work has stopped at its ambulance center in northern Gaza because there is no fuel. The PRCS also said bodies continue to be retrieved from the streets and from under rubble but recovery efforts are hampered because of the lack of fuel. Doctors Without Borders reported the number of corpses arriving at Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza has now surpassed the number of injured.
Israeli military operations: Israeli forces have arrested and questioned hundreds of suspects in Gaza allegedly involved in terror activities, according to a military spokesperson. Meanwhile, images circulating on social media showed a mass detention of men who were made to strip to their underwear, kneel on the street, wear blindfolds and pack into the cargo bed of a military vehicle. At least some of the men are civilians with no known affiliation to militant groups, according to a conversation CNN had with one of their relatives and a statement by one of their employers, a news network.
Gaza death toll: At least 17,177 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7, a spokesperson for the Hamas-controlled health ministry said Thursday. Some 46,000 people have been injured, and the majority of wounded people are children, women, and the elderly, they added.
Many are still missing, dead or alive under the rubble without any way to get to them.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-many-palestinians-have-died-gaza-war-how-will-counting-continue-2023-12-06/
In the occupied West Bank, the death toll stands at 266, with 3,365 wounded.
The Israeli army says that 1,147 people have died, including 418 soldiers.
The UN convenes an emergency meeting at 10 AM in NY. Israel is hard at work to bang the drum on the alleged rapes to divert attention from all of the above or to justify it. Still refusing to let any international organizations co-operate on the investigations. Weaponizing rape as a distraction tactic to shift the focus away from the daily atrocities.
Will the US still use its veto?
