Ramallah - Saba:
108 Arab human rights networks on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to stop the genocide, end the blockade, and save lives in the Gaza Strip.
According to the Palestinian News Agency on Wednesday, the human rights networks, in a petition addressed to the Security Council, called on it to fulfill its legal, moral, and humanitarian duties by taking immediate action to halt the crime of genocide, halt the systematic killing by starvation and deprivation of water, lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip, which constitutes collective punishment criminalized by international law, and allow the entry of all humanitarian and relief supplies, goods, and fuel allocated to operate hospitals and the water station as soon as possible.
They also called on the Security Council to take immediate action to impose international sanctions on the Zionist enemy, halt the crime of genocide and starvation, completely lift the blockade, and suspend the membership of the enemy state of Israel in the General Assembly.
The agency stated that the Gaza Strip is facing an ongoing genocidal war for the 576th day, amidst dire humanitarian and health conditions. This is due to the continued tightening of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip for the 64th day, the closure of all crossings to various humanitarian aid, basic supplies, food, and medicine, and the complete prevention of fuel entry into the Strip.
This has led to an unprecedented deterioration in the humanitarian and health conditions, undermining all aspects of life and basic services, such as a severe shortage of water supplies, the shutdown of sewage treatment plants, the near-total collapse of health services, and the cessation of hospital operations. Citing relief organizations and the United Nations, she indicated that 91% of the Strip's population is classified as being in the crisis phase of food insecurity (Phase 3 and above), including 345,000 in the highest phase of food insecurity (Phase 5). Ninety-two percent of children between the ages of six months and two years and breastfeeding mothers are not getting their nutritional requirements, exposing them to lifelong health complications.
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