By Joy Odor
Abdullah Abu Shawesh, the
Ambassador of the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Nigeria on Thursday disclosed that Israel dropped 85 thousand tons of bombs on Gaza in one year, exceeding those dropped in World War II, including internationally banned white phosphorus bombs.
He also maintained that the U.S. has spent at least $22.76 billion on military aid to Israel and related U.S. operations in the region.
Shawesh who made the disclosure in his speech at a press conference in Abuja informed that the entire Palestinian population in North Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence.
He said the 398 days of nonstop bleeding at the hands of the USA-Israeli in different slaughtering machines, has martyred 43,391 Palestinians while 102,337 injured with the vast majority being children and women.
“In the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, 777 Palestinians were martyred during the last 13 months.
11,923 students were killed and 19,199 injured in the past 13 months.
“Additionally, 341 school and university buildings were targeted in military attacks, with 77 of them completely destroyed.
“Citing the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs “An estimated 90 percent of Gaza’s population have been displaced and are living in temporary shelters, without cash to purchase basic necessities like food, clean water, and medicine.
“96 percent of Gaza’s population faces acute levels of food insecurity, with 2.15 million people in crisis levels of hunger or worse.
“The amount of water available in Gaza is reduced by 94% to 4.74 liters a day per person – just under a third of the recommended minimum in emergencies and less than a single toilet flush.
“As of May {2024}, only 4 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals had not been damaged, destroyed, or raided. More than 880 healthcare workers have been killed.
“15 UN agencies leaders in a joint statement, urged Israel “to cease its assault on Gaza and on the humanitarians trying to help” . “Dozens of schools serving as shelters have been bombed or forcibly evacuated.
“Tents sheltering displaced families have been shelled, and people have been burned alive.
“At least 197 UNRWA employees have been killed in Gaza. Nearly 190 UNRWA premises have been damaged or destroyed.
“UNRWA-run schools have been demolished; at least 520 displaced people have been killed while sheltered inside UNRWA schools and other structures.
“Gaza has become a wasteland of rubble and human remains, with people barely holding on to life amid deprivation and disease, while battling with the deep, inherited trauma of the Nakba survivors.
“Communal bonds have been broken, the social fabric shredded, and reserves of resilience depleted.
“Since 7 October 2023, at least 150,000 Palestinians have been killed, injured, maimed or are missing – most of them women and children.
“Entire families have been exterminated, generations erased, and babies left limbless before they could crawl.
“With no justification other than to kill the remaining residents and force any survivors to flee, Israeli forces used multiple missiles to bomb the residential blocks, destroying them while hundreds of civilians were inside.
“The international community failed to live up to the noble promise of “NEVER AGAIN” he laments.
