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PHRMG expresses sincere shock and grief
that 12 Palestinian people in Gaza have been killed by the
Israeli military in the past 3 days.
- On Sunday, March 2, Israeli forces
invaded a refugee camp in Khan Yunis before dawn with
dozens of tanks, armored vehicles, bulldozers, and
helicopters, blowing up buildings and destroying part of a
hospital and its main power generator. Three people were
murdered by Israeli soldiers this day, including a 35 year
old man, a 50 year old man who was shot and killed while
inside his apartment, and a 9 year old boy who was shot to
death at the funeral parade of the two men who died
earlier that day. 40 other Palestinian people were
injured on this day.
- On Monday, March 3, Israeli soldiers
murdered more Palestinian people, when they invaded the
al-Bureji refugee camp in Gaza, again with tanks and
helicopters in the world’s most densely populated area. 8
people were killed, including two boys aged 13 and 16 who
were killed by bullets to the stomach and chest and a
pregnant mother of 9 children whose home collapsed on top
of her when Israeli soldiers blew up her neighbor’s
house. This woman’s husband, whose neck was broken, and
some of her children were among the 40 people who were
injured (5 critically) in this Israeli attack. This
fighting continued for 6 hours while ambulances were
prevented from aiding the wounded, thus some died from
bleeding to death. While they were attacking, Israeli
soldiers raided homes and demolished personal belongings.
A missile hit the home of a 40 year old man, catching it
on fire and burning the resident to the extreme that he
was transferred to an Israeli hospital. All this in one
day in Gaza.
- Yesterday, March 4, Israeli soldiers
shot dead a 75 year old farmer who was riding his donkey
nearby his home. Because of a nearby settlement, the area
he was riding through is considered restricted, and the
soldiers shot to kill an elderly man.
Such violence against innocent people
cannot be tolerated. The meaningless and ignored slap on
the wrist by the US has done nothing to deter the unabashed
Israeli military who proves once again that it is above all
law and standard, even its own. Israeli forces terrorize
Palestinian civilians as they claim they are working toward
security, but as the rest of the world knows, you can not
get peace through terror. Because it is done by a military,
does not change the simple fact that these acts are morally
void and crimes against humanity.
PHRMG urges you to contact your local
government representatives and speak out against the brutal
Israeli attacks against innocent civilians. When elected
leaders realize that those they represent can no longer
tolerate what is happening in the Occupied Territories,
perhaps they will be moved to speak out in affirmative ways
to stop these grave atrocities. |
