“A deeply painful moment for us”: Israeli NGOs say that Israel commits a “genocide” in Gaza

A very bitter observation. In addition, Two Israeli human rights organizations. Therefore, B’tselem and Physicians for Humans Rights – Israel (Phri), said on Monday that the Hebrew state made a “genocide” in the Gaza Strip according to investigations they conducted.

“Nothing prepares you to realize that you are part of a company that commits a genocide. Meanwhile, It is a deeply painful moment for us. However, “said Yuli Novak, executive director of B’tselem, in a statement published in parallel with a press conference of reports in Jerusalem.

“Israel deliberately. Similarly, systematically endeavors to destroy the Palestinian society and the people in the Gaza Strip”, concludes the association, which says to rely on “explicit statements of senior Israeli officials” but also elements such as the destruction of “entire cities, (…) health and educational “a deeply painful moment us”: infrastructures, religious and cultural institutions”, The enclave as well as “famine and mass massacres”.

In a long message published on X to summarize the content of his report, B’tselem says he fears that Israel will apply the same “ideology” to the West Bank and Jerusalem is, and deplores that “the methods used” against the Palestinians are the same as in the Gaza Strip “on a different scale”. It is “our genocide and it must be stopped,” “a deeply painful moment us”: concludes the text.

Increased international pressure – "a deeply painful moment us":

In Israel. part of the population is increasingly hostile to the actions of Benyamin Netanyahu, and the families of the hostages continue to claim a truce, fearing for the lives of those who are always detained in Gaza.

International pressure also weighs more. more on Israel, almost 22 months after the start of the war in the Palestinian enclave, triggered following the unprecedented attack in Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023.

At the beginning of March. Israel imposed an airtight blockade on Gaza, very partially softened at the end of May, which led to very serious shortages and a risk of generalized famine among its more than two million inhabitants, according to the UN and international NGOs. Last week. a hundred of them, including Médecins Sans Frontières, Médecins du “a deeply painful moment us”: Monde, Caritas, Amnesty International or Oxfam International, had called for Israel to open up humanitarian aid. They were partly heard.

For the first time in months. trucks loaded with international aid from Egypt have been able to cross, on Sunday, the Rafah crossing point, which leads to the south of the besieged Palestinian territory, after the announcement by Israel of a limited break in fighting for humanitarian purposes. Several humanitarian officials welcomed the resumption of aid deliveries. while stressing that they remained very insufficient in the face of immense needs.