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SvennoJ on 13 July 2024
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Gaza genocide the ‘bitter fruit’ of Israeli impunity, say UN rapporteur

Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, has once again said that the international community’s failure to stop Israeli crimes had enabled it to commit genocide.

Genocide in Gaza is the result of “Israel’s decades-long impunity”, Albanese wrote in a post on social media, above footage of a speech in which she says it is Israel’s plan to “rid Palestine of Palestinians”.

“In this darkest hour, the international community cannot continue to ignore that it’s Israel’s project to rid Palestine of Palestinians in defiance of international law, and the world’s failure to call Israel to account has led to genocide laid bare in Gaza,” she says.


More than 70,000 people infected with hepatitis: Gaza government

Gaza’s Government Media Office says that 71,338 people have been infected with viral hepatitis due to displacement in various parts of the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war on October 7 last year.

It reported that more than 1.7 million Palestinians have been infected with infectious diseases as a result of the harsh displacement conditions.

It said that 350,000 people with chronic diseases in Gaza face great risks due to the Israeli army’s prevention of the entry of necessary medications.


Israeli air attacks intensify in central Gaza

The Israeli military is intensifying its air attacks on the central areas of Gaza, especially in Deir el-Balah where people have been told to seek refuge. At least five Palestinians have been killed here after a residential house was completely destroyed.

Meanwhile, as the bombardments escalate in the north of the Gaza Strip, the civil defence crews are scrambling to recover the dead and injured from under the rubble. But they lack the equipment to remove the debris and petrol for the vehicles to reach all of the bombarded areas, reflecting on the grim circumstances in the enclave.


Israeli forces destroyed water sources in Shujayea, Sabra: Municipality of Gaza

The Municipality of Gaza says Israeli forces have destroyed water sources and networks in Gaza City’s Shujayea and Sabra neighbourhoods.

Israeli bombing completely destroyed two wells in Shujayea and Sabra and severely damaged another two wells in Shujayea, it said on X. “This destruction increases the water crisis and the state of thirst that the city is experiencing, especially during the last two weeks,” the municipality said.

Since the start of the war in October, Israeli forces have completely destroyed 42 wells, partially destroyed 16 wells and destroyed about 70,000 linear metres of water networks, it added.

Clashes, arrests as the Israeli military storms Tulkarem city

The Israeli military has arrested three Palestinians in the Iktaba area of the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, the Wafa news agency reports. A father and son were among three men arrested, according to Wafa, as the Israeli military stormed the area and raided homes.

Israeli reconnaissance aircraft and snipers have been deployed, while the Palestinian armed group the al-Quds Brigades have said they clashed with Israeli forces near the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem.

Israeli troops also arrested a Palestinian man after storming his house in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya.