Maureen Okpe
The Ambassador of the Embassy of the State of Palestine, Abdullah Abu Shawesh have condemned the continuos and systematic onslaught of violence committed against Palestinians in Gaza, with most victims being women and children.
Shawesh on Thursday, during a weekly press conference, in Abuja decried the increased death tolls, stating as of October 15, the casualty toll in Gaza has now surpassed 42,227 Palestinians killed and 98,464 injured.
He lamented that, the unhealthy treatment of women where they underwent vaginal deliveries and C-sections without anesthesia and were given nothing but Tylenol afterwards because no other pain medications were available.
He reiterated his stance, Shawesh noted, “We wish to be absolutely clear: not once did any of us see any type of Palestinian militant activity in any of Gaza’s hospitals or other healthcare facilities.”
The statement further reads, “As of October 14, the detention toll reached 11,300 in the Occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with 9,392 administrative detentions, 425 women, 745 children and 112 media correspondents, 59 of whom still in prison.
“As of October 14, citing Save the Children, up to 400,000 Palestinians were trapped across northern Gaza, with at least 300 people reportedly killed in nine days of bombardment.
“A hospital sheltering thousands ablaze in the south with no end in sight to the incessant attacks on civilians…. in the so-called ‘humanitarian zone’ in the south, patients and families sheltering in tents were on engulfed by a massive fire triggered by an Israeli airstrike with reports of deaths and multiple causalities.
“On October, 2024, 99 American medical professionals who voluntarily served in Gaza since October 7 signed an open letter to the US president and vice president.
“Among the many facts they raised about the catastrophic situation in Gaza, they also stated, and I quote: “It is likely that the death toll from this conflict is already greater than 118,908, an astonishing 5.4% of Gaza’s population.
“In Gaza we watched malnourished mothers feed their underweight newborns infant formula made with poisonous water.
“The USA-backed Israeli occupation, right in front of the world’s eye, is intended to tame the international community’s consciousness and make the ongoing televised genocide the Status Quo and business as usual.
“In this connection, Israel refuses to cooperate with the UN Commission of Inquiries, citing its latest report A/79/232.
“The Commission sent nine requests for information and access to the Government of Israel, two requests for information to the State of Palestine provided information. No response was received from Israel.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”