The Gaza Authorities Media Workplace has known as for establishing a world panel to research Israel’s atrocities within the territory and maintain Israeli leaders accountable.
After the ceasefire deal got here into impact on Friday, director of the workplace, Ismail al-Thawabta, issued a listing of calls for, together with making certain the reconstruction of Gaza after the battle.
“We name on the worldwide neighborhood, the United Nations and all worldwide authorized organisations and the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice to punish the leaders of the [Israeli] occupation and to not grant them any authorized or political immunity,” al-Thawabta stated in a press release.
“We name for forming a world, unbiased fee to research the battle crimes and genocide and be sure that the return and compensation of all displaced folks.”
Final yr, the Worldwide Legal Courtroom (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over battle crime prices in Gaza, together with utilizing hunger as a weapon of battle.
However Netanyahu and Gallant stay free males, and with just a few exceptions, international locations internationally have maintained their diplomatic and commerce ties to Israel regardless of the horrors in Gaza.
Israel has turned most of Gaza into rubble in a marketing campaign that main rights teams and UN investigators have described as a genocide.
Reporting from Nuseirat in central Gaza on Friday, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary stated hundreds of Palestinians are shifting on foot to return to their properties within the north of the enclave.
“Most of these Palestinians are individuals who had been pressured to evacuate, pressured to flee underneath the relentless bombardment, and now they’re going again residence with smiles. They’re going again residence glad,” Khoudary stated.
“However they know they received’t discover something again residence, the place Israeli forces have been exploding and destroying full residential neighbourhoods previously couple of weeks.”
Earlier than the ceasefire deal was reached, Israel was conducting a floor operation in Gaza Metropolis, a marketing campaign that aimed to stage what was left of the city space.
The widespread destruction throughout Gaza has spurred an pressing want for development materials and tools in addition to momentary housing within the territory.
Throughout a 60-day truce earlier this yr, Israel blocked reconstruction materials from getting into Gaza earlier than unilaterally restarting the battle in March.
With Hamas set to launch all Israeli captives within the coming days, some Palestinian rights advocates are involved that Israel will use the shortage of housing in Gaza to push residents out of the territory.
“We demand an pressing plan for the great reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, with Arab and worldwide funding, based on a clear mechanism that ensures that assets attain civilians,” al-Thawabta stated on Friday.
He burdened that ending the battle of extermination towards Palestinians should be actual and tangible, not only a formal declaration.
“It should finish the siege, guarantee accountability, and assure a dignified and secure life for our Palestinian folks, who’ve endured two full years underneath bombardment, hunger, destruction and pressured displacement,” al-Thawabta added.
Because the battle involves a halt, the Gaza Authorities Media Workplace offered grim information from the territory after 735 days of horrific atrocities by Israel:
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Greater than 67,000 Palestinians killed
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Round 9,500 folks lacking
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About 170,000 folks injured
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Greater than 20,000 kids killed
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Greater than 1,000 infants underneath the age of 1 killed
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A minimum of 12,500 ladies killed
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A minimum of 1,670 medics killed
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90 % of civilian infrastructure destroyed
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Round 200,000 tonnes of explosives dropped on Gaza
