Israel continues its incessant bombing of Gaza and sealing its borders, leaving Gazans with no power, no food, no clean drinking water, no power.
If Israel slaughters civilians indiscriminately and disproportionately, the Israeli government will be committing abuses on moral par with those of Hamas. Based on the following, you be the judge:
On October 7, Hamas evaded Israel's security and indiscriminately killed 1,200 mostly civilians and kidnapped about 240 civilians.
In response, according to a Geneva-based human rights organization, the amount of munitions dropped by Israel on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 was about the equivalent to two of the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan by the United States at the end of World War II. Israel has admitted to bombing over 12,000 targets in the Gaza Strip.
The bombing and ground offensive has claimed more than 11,000 Palestinian lives in Gaza, including at least 4,630 children, and wounding at least 27,490, forcing about 1.7 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents to flee their homes. As of November 10, half of Gaza’s homes - 222,000 residential units - have been damaged with more than 40,000 completely destroyed. While most of the destruction has been centered in northern Gaza, but also in its south, which Israel had declared safe.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said that the health system in the Gaza Strip has collapsed. “The health care in Gaza has reached a point of no return, risking the lives of thousands of wounded, sick and displaced people,” the ICRC said.
On November 15, 2023, The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution calling for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip” after four failed attempts to respond to theIsraeli-Hamas War. The vote was 12-0 with the United States, United Kingdom and Russia abstaining.