US surgeon says ‘hard to describe’ level of destruction in northern Gaza
Dr Mohammed Khaleel, an orthopaedic spine surgeon from the United States who worked in Khan Younis in southern Gaza in April, said the situation in the north of the Palestinian territory is “incredibly dire”.
The amount of devastation inflicted on northern Gaza is now “hard to describe”, he told Al Jazeera in an interview from Florida, in the US.
“In the south, we witnessed a genocide. In the north, it’s a full-on Holocaust. So many buildings are destroyed. There is an incredible amount of death and destruction that is even beyond what we saw in the south back in April,” he said.
Israeli quadcopters shoot survivors after drone attacks in Gaza, says US surgeon
“The use of drones and high-level technology for a lot of the destruction is really what’s remarkable,” Khaleel told Al Jazeera.
“There are armed drones – drones that are carrying bombs – and then on the back of those drones we see quadcopters that descend down and appear to shoot bullets for anyone that remains moving,” he said.
“We had a number of people who were brought in, entire families that were killed, and any survivors that remained would describe having to lay still for a while because of the fear of quadcopter fire after the bomb had already been dropped,” he added.
Top Dutch court advised to continue Israel export ban of F-35 parts: Report
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands, the country’s highest court, has been advised by its advocate general to uphold a ruling which states that the government must end its export of F-35 components to Israel, the Reuters news agency reports.
“According to the advocate general [of the Supreme Court], the Court of Appeal was justified in finding that there is a clear risk that Israel’s F-35 fighter jets are being used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip,” the court’s adviser said.
In February, The Hague Court of Appeal ordered the halting of these exports over concerns they were being used to violate international law during Israel’s war on Gaza, prompting the government to then say it would go to the Supreme Court.
60 British MPs urge UK to impose sanctions on Israel: Report
More than 60 British MPs have sent a letter to the UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, urging him to impose sanctions on Israel over “repeated violations of international law”, according to the Wafa news agency.
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is among the MPs to sign the letter, the agency said.
The letter references the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion from July, which declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory unlawful and called for it to end as soon as possible.
“The court also found that all states, including the UK, have obligations to not recognise as legal the situation arising from the unlawful presence of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory and to not render any aid or assistance in maintaining this,” the letter states.
The MPs are urging the UK government to impose sanctions and take other actions to implement the ICJ’s ruling, Wafa said.
