UAE warns of repercussions of military escalation in gaza
The United Arab Emirates has condemned the massive Israeli attacks on Gaza that killed hundreds of people.
“The UAE has condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, that led to the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Palestinians, which constitutes a breach of the ceasefire agreement reached in January,” UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
“The UAE warns of the consequences of any military escalation which threatens to cause further loss of innocent life and exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip,” it added.
“The UAE has called on the international community to undertake urgent steps to halt escalation, affirming the importance of implementing immediate efforts to reach a ceasefire and safeguard civilians.”
MSF says Israel bombing Gaza with intensity not seen since beginning of the war
The aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has called for the resumption of the ceasefire and says Israel is subjecting Gaza to collective punishment.
“In line with the tactics that the Israeli authorities have applied since October 2023, they have once again chosen to collectively punish the people of Gaza – with the explicit approval of their closest ally, the United States – striking with an intensity not seen since the early stages of the war,” Claire Magone, general director of MSF France, said in a statement.
“Israeli forces undertaking these latest ruthless attacks and evacuation orders make us fear that a new phase of military operations in Gaza is about to begin,” she added.
“Palestinians in Gaza will simply not be able to withstand this, neither physically nor mentally. Their hopes of recovering at least part of their previous lives are being shattered.”
Palestinians in Gaza ‘incredibly traumatised’ as Israeli attacks resume
People here are barely coping. The ceasefire offered them hope and its collapse plunged people into relentless bombardment and displacement. They are incredibly traumatised, grieving and struggling to cope with the aggravating number of air strikes.
We see how families have started moving from the areas that are marked as active military zones by the Israeli military in the early hours of this morning.
Every round of Israeli strikes makes survival much more difficult. People feel very vulnerable in the face of this unprecedented escalation.
Gaza’s hospitals feel like ‘armageddon’
As Israel carries out some of the heaviest bombing of Gaza since the start of the war, medical workers say that hospitals are being overwhelmed with the dead and injured.
“A level of horror and evil that is really hard to articulate. It felt like armageddon,” Dr Tanya-Haj Hassan, a volunteer with the Medical Aid for Palestinians aid group, told The Associated Press news agency.
She said that the Nasser Hospital emergency room in Khan Younis was chaotic, with patients, including children, spread out on the floor. Dr Ismail Awad, working at a clinic with Doctors Without Borders, said the number of patients was “overwelming”.
Scarcities of medical supplies have been exacerbated by Israel’s decision to cut off aid to Gaza two weeks ago, as well as electricity one week ago.
Israeli attacks on Gaza ‘inflicting staggering levels of death and suffering,’ Amnesty says
Amnesty International’s Secretary-General Agnes Callamard said “today is a desperately dark day for humanity” as she condemned Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza.
“Israel’s genocide and its unlawful air strikes have already caused unprecedented humanitarian suffering in Gaza. Today, we are back to square one,” she said in a statement.
“The world cannot stand by and allow Israel to continue inflicting staggering levels of death and suffering on Palestinians in Gaza,” she added.
“We urge all states to uphold their obligations to prevent and punish genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law, by pressing Israel to end its attacks and to facilitate the unconditional and unhindered entry of humanitarian aid.”
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