Critical Statement from Sevabite on Gaza Strip
At a press conference held in the Gaza Strip, human rights organization Sevabite emphasized that Israel has blocked the entry of medical supplies, medical teams, medicines and other humanitarian aid. This has led to a serious deterioration in the health sector and general humanitarian conditions. Sevabite’s statement included the following statements:
“The occupiers have been blocking all aid from entering the Gaza Strip for exactly 100 days. As a result of the closure of the Rafah Border Crossing (by Israel), more than 1,000 children, patients and wounded people have lost their lives. “The humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip is deepening at every level.”
Sevabite drew attention to the fact that the Rafah Border Crossing, which Israel burned and bulldozed, continues to be closed. The organization also emphasized that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has deepened in an unprecedented way in all sectors.
The closure of the Rafah Border Gate, “a clear violation of international law, international humanitarian law and all international agreements”Sevabite stated that he shared the following points:
- “For a hundred days, the occupiers have been preventing the travel of 25,000 sick and injured people who have requested to travel abroad.”
- “More than a thousand children, patients and injured people lost their lives because of this ban.”
- “The lives of other patients are also threatened by the inhumane policies of the occupiers, which prevent them from traveling for treatment.”
Sevabite stated that the Israeli and US administrations are entirely responsible for the consequences of closing the Rafah Border Gate and preventing the entry of medical supplies, medical teams and humanitarian aid. I call on the international community, all international organizations and “free world”He called on their countries to put pressure on the occupiers and the US administration to stop the genocidal war. He also stated that urgent steps should be taken to open the Rafah Border Crossing and stop this dangerous humanitarian catastrophe.
The Israeli army announced on May 6 that it had ordered the evacuation of some neighborhoods in the Rafah district of Gaza where displaced Palestinians had taken refugee. On the morning of May 7, it launched a ground offensive in the Rafah district of Gaza and announced that it had captured the Gaza side of the border gate with Egypt.
