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‘This is a pattern from the Israeli military’
Let’s begin with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His office said he held a situational assessment on the phone with top security and military officials, and that he is going to convene a meeting later in the day. This comes after Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had held his own situational assessment with Israel’s Shin Bet – that’s the internal security services – and as well as top defence and military officials.
The prime minister’s office released a statement earlier saying that in the beginning of the war, there was a directive from Netanyahu to target and kill Hamas officials wherever they are – whether it’s inside or outside Gaza.
It’s something that the Israeli military has used to justify the killing of thousands of civilians, saying they are doing these precise and targeted attacks, when in reality, Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas in the world – not to mention the areas that are designated as “safe zones”, like this area west of Khan Younis, al-Mawasi, that has hundreds of thousands of Palestinians there.
The Israeli military is saying that these are strikes on Hamas officials and targets. But we see the reality on the ground constantly. We see the results of these attacks. This is a pattern from the Israeli military.
Al-Mawasi ‘massacre’ shows failure of international community to ‘pressure Israel’
Amjad al-Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGOs Network, says the “massacre” at al-Mawasi was “the message from Israel to the world that again and again and again they are targeting Palestinian civilians wherever they are.”
“This area was attacked so many times; it’s full of shelters and these shelters contain thousands of tents where children, women, elders are staying under these tents as a place to be safe,” he told Al Jazeera in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.
“So many families, displaced for the 10th time, seeking for safety and security,” he said, adding that the attack demonstrated “the failure of the international community to exert pressure on Israel to stop its war on Palestinian civilians”.
Egypt says attacks against Palestinians complicate deal efforts
“We condemn in the strongest terms the Israeli raids on the al-Mawasi area,” Egypt’s Foreign Ministry has said in a statement.
The ministry emphasised that “ongoing violations against the rights of Palestinian citizens” add serious “complications” to achieving a ceasefire deal.
