war against Gaza Tragic is breaking records. Experts confirm that Israel’s military campaign in the region is already one of the deadliest and most destructive in recent history. Moreover, United Nations He condemned the situation faced by the entire population of the Strip, approximately 2.3 million people. critical hunger levels So much so that risk of famine is increasing day by day. The proportion of households affected by acute food insecurity is the highest ever recorded globally, according to a report supported by the international organisation. At least when there’s a communication outage 390 Palestinians He was killed in Israeli attacks in the last 48 hours.
In just over two months, the brutal war against the Gaza Strip has caused more destruction than the destruction of Aleppo in Syria, Mariupol in Ukraine, or, proportionally, Syria itself between 2012 and 2016. Allied bombings of Germany In World War II. The Israeli Army can boast we killed more civilians in the US-led coalition’s three-year campaign against the group. Islamic State. In 78 days, Israel surpassed what its ally had accomplished in more than 1,000 days. Although military spokesmen have not confirmed this, analysis of blast fragments and bombing footage shows that the majority of bombs dropped on the besieged area were from that country. American made.
“The situation cannot get any worse”
At least two thirds of all buildings The northern part of Gaza was destroyed by Israeli attacks. A quarter of the buildings in the south, where most of the bombings were concentrated, suffered the same fate. These results were collected by satellite. Copernicus Sentinel-1 It was analyzed by Corey Scher of the CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University, an expert on mapping wartime damage. “Loop it has a different color now “It’s a different texture than space,” said Scher. American military historian, Robert Pape, told The Associated Press that it was “one of the most intense civilian punitive campaigns in history.” “It now sits comfortably in the top quarter of history’s most destructive bombing campaigns,” he added.
On the field, desperation reaches immeasurable levels. stomach growls In every corner of Palestinian territory. According to the Integrated Food Security Stage Classification report, the magnitude of hunger in Gaza dwarfs even those in its immediate surroundings. Famine in Afghanistan and Yemen your last years. “The situation cannot get any worse,” said the World Food Programme’s chief economist. Arif Hussein. “I’ve never seen anything happen on this scale and at this speed in Gaza: it happened this quickly in just two months,” he said with astonishment. Israel not only killed more than 100 people in the attack that lasted 78 days 20,000 Gazansbut it plunged the region into a food crisis 576,600 people at the level of disaster or famine. Entire population expected to enter “crisis or worse” levels 7 February After four months of war.
400 people died in 48 hours
little humanitarian aid It does not meet these broad needs falling into the residential area. Over the past two months, trucks from Egypt have carried some food, water and medicine, but the UN says the amount of food is only 10% of what residents need, many of whom have been displaced. In the last 48 hours, Israeli bombs have killed almost 400 people in the Strip and 734 injured further. Israeli Army issues order as fight against Hamas militants expands new evacuation orders In the center of the residential area for the population to move towards the south, where the bombings took place.
Pressure from the international community faced with the growling stomachs of Gaza’s population for a ceasefire It still doesn’t bear fruit. The vote planned to be held in the UN Security Council this Thursday has been postponed for the fourth time. After that four postponements A week into the negotiations, the United States has shown willingness to support a heavily watered-down resolution calling for more humanitarian aid to Gaza. Initially, countries wanted a stronger text This included a call for a ceasefire; has now been eliminated to prevent a new US veto. No matter how Gazans set the most heartbreaking records, alliance between historical partners It is unbreakable like the USA and Israel.