PA Calls on World to Stop Zionist Attacks on Gaza
WEST BANK (Dispatches) – The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday called on the international community to intervene to stop the Zionist regime from carrying out a military operation in the Gaza Strip.
The PA government, which held its weekly meeting in Ramallah, also repeated its call for providing "immediate and urgent international protection” for the Palestinians.
Death toll in the Gaza Strip since March 30 has grown up to 140 after a young Palestinian died of his wounds early on Tuesday in a hospital in East al-Quds, Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement.
The statement said that Sari al-Shubaki, 24 years old, died in a hospital in East al-Quds of his wounds he sustained on May 14 from a Zionist soldier’s gunshot in the back during protests in eastern Gaza. The gunshot wound caused him quadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia.
A total of 14,811 Palestinians also sustained injuries, of whom 366 are reportedly in a critical condition.
The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with the U.S. embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to the occupied al-Quds.
On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Turkish and Algerian-sponsored resolution, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.
The resolution, which had been put forward on the behalf of Arab and Muslim countries, garnered a strong majority of 120 votes in the 193-member assembly, with 8 votes against and 45 abstentions on Wednesday.
The resolution calls on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to make proposals within 60 days "on ways and means for ensuring the safety, protection, and well-being of the Palestinian civilian population under Israeli occupation,” including "recommendations regarding an international protection mechanism.”
It also calls for "immediate steps towards ending the closure and the restrictions imposed by Israel on movement and access into and out of the Gaza Strip.”
The PA government, which held its weekly meeting in Ramallah, also repeated its call for providing "immediate and urgent international protection” for the Palestinians.
Death toll in the Gaza Strip since March 30 has grown up to 140 after a young Palestinian died of his wounds early on Tuesday in a hospital in East al-Quds, Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement.
The statement said that Sari al-Shubaki, 24 years old, died in a hospital in East al-Quds of his wounds he sustained on May 14 from a Zionist soldier’s gunshot in the back during protests in eastern Gaza. The gunshot wound caused him quadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia.
A total of 14,811 Palestinians also sustained injuries, of whom 366 are reportedly in a critical condition.
The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with the U.S. embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to the occupied al-Quds.
On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Turkish and Algerian-sponsored resolution, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.
The resolution, which had been put forward on the behalf of Arab and Muslim countries, garnered a strong majority of 120 votes in the 193-member assembly, with 8 votes against and 45 abstentions on Wednesday.
The resolution calls on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to make proposals within 60 days "on ways and means for ensuring the safety, protection, and well-being of the Palestinian civilian population under Israeli occupation,” including "recommendations regarding an international protection mechanism.”
It also calls for "immediate steps towards ending the closure and the restrictions imposed by Israel on movement and access into and out of the Gaza Strip.”