International Desk: Chinese Ambassador Fu Cong told the UN Security Council that the supply of “water, electricity, food, medicine, and fuel” to Gaza has been cut off. This leaves more than 2 million people living in ‘an open prison’. Aljazeera news.
Fu said Gaza had been “besieged for nine months” and “the most important Rafah crossing was forced to close for two months due to Israeli military operations.”
Meanwhile, the Chinese ambassador criticized a temporary wharf built as an alternative route for humanitarian deliveries. In an indirect reference to the United States, he said the UN mission said “some country” had built the ghat.
On October 7, last year, the Palestinian independence group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel. 1,200 people were killed in an attack by Hamas fighters. Along with that, they captured 253 people and took them hostage in Gaza, according to Israel.
Since that day, the Israeli forces have started a massive and terrible attack on Gaza. They declared formal war on Hamas and vowed to eliminate the Palestinian group. Blockade Gaza from all sides, cutting off electricity and water supplies to the territory.
Since then, the Palestinian enclave of Gaza has been reduced to rubble by Israeli ground, air, and naval attacks over the past nine months. Almost all of Gaza’s residents have lost their homes and become refugees.
As of Wednesday, the Palestinian health authority has confirmed that 37,925 people have been killed in the Israeli attack on Gaza. More than 87,000 people were injured in the nine-month-long continuous attacks.
The United Nations estimates that as many as 2.5 million Palestinians have been affected by Israel’s military orders, so people leave the area near the southern city of Khan Yunis. Because the total number of displaced people in Gaza is believed to have reached 19 million,.
