salacious massacres in Gaza, becomes clearer by every day that is passing by. On Sunday after Israeli war criminals began to back-down from Gaza, Palestinian paramedics found some 114 corpses under collapsed homes and other buildings. On Monday ambulance crews found at least 12 corpses of Palestinian fighters, many of them had bled to death, suffering in pain while they desperately needed medical care. The Israelis prevented ambulance crews and rescue workers from access to bombarded areas to transport the dead and injured to hospital, such cruel inhuman actions can never be justified. This is a clear violation of international laws.
Some 54 injured Palestinians has been transferred across the Rafah border to hospitals in Egypt. Deprived of bomb shelters[1] , at least 1,315 Palestinians were killed during the 22 days assault on Gaza, while about 5,500 were wounded. Initial accounts estimate that more than 20,000 of the buildings in Gaza Strip have been destroyed, with nearly 30,000 Palestinians forced to find a place to hide in UN Relief and Welfare Agency (UNRWA) shelters.
People are now returning to their homes, if there is home left intact after these massive air strikes. Choked by the destruction,they are searching in the rubble for their possessions. One of my friends lost everything in his home. When the part of building he lived in was targeted and struck by missiles, he escaped alive, after the second air strike. Almost every Gaza resident have lost a family member, a relative or a close friend. Some are very fortunate to find out that their love ones which have been missing are alive.
In the eastern parts of Gaza City, on Tuesday, two siblings, Abdullah Hassanain 10, and his one year older sister, Shurouq Hassanain, were killed when they were playing with a bomb left there by Israeli military. Hamas official Health Ministry have urged the inhabitants to stay away from alloys or materiel left by the Israelis, not listen to Israeli orders and not to eat food discarded by Israeli soldiers, as it might be poisoned.
On Monday a young farmer was shot to death by Israeli gunfire when he was walking on his farmland outside Jabalya, in northern Gaza Strip. On Tuesday morning, Israelis bulldozers backed by tanks returned to the central parts to Gaza Strip, erasing agricultural lands in the township of Deir Al-Balah also Al-Maghazi area was trespassed by Israelis in armed vehicles; meanwhile areas in the northern parts of Gaza City again was shelled in several air strikes.
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) said in its report that at least 250 Gaza residents, [mostly Hamas supporters] were detained by the Israeli military during the Gaza ground invasion of the northern parts of Gaza. The men have been taken to the Negev prison. They live in tents and they are constantly beaten. Several are in need of medical treatment in hospital, which they are denied and some are interrogated for many hours, tortured if they do not leave out information.
Israeli war criminals and its Fatah collaborators have of course eyed the money aimed for reconstruction projects to the devastated Gaza. The two parties that many believe are the architects of the massacre in Gaza try to set pre-conditions on how the money aid allocated for rebuilding the infrastructure across Gaza should be used. They say they want to play a large role in the monetary inflow of Gaza reconstruction projects !
They say it should not go to Hamas or its affiliates, and that the United Nations must send a detailed list and require the equipment to be approved by the Zionist State before it can be allowed to enter Gaza and in Ramalla. Fatah officials say they want the money to be transferred and remain under control of the Palestine Authority[2].
Notwithstanding a previous Hamas announcement that is insisting on “specialized committees” for the post-war reconstruction, Riyad Al-Maliki a PA official in Ramallah said on Monday that the PA will take control of efforts to rebuild Gaza Strip. ”Saudi Arabia donated USD $1 billion for reconstruction and we are waiting to hear from the rest of the Arab countries to complete a second meeting on the mechanisms for reconstruction,” Al-Maliki added.
The Israelis say they will “expand” a list of main materials considered for entering Gaza, so they can keep the control, demanding that the UNRWA and other relief organizations provide information on every shipment of goods. They say that UN and any other organization must obtain a permit before goods can be transferred to Gaza and before implementing pledges, including assurances that the UN will not participate directly with Hamas in the reconstruction of Gaza.
Hamas leaders on the other hand have suggested a reconstruction committee for Gaza, calling on relevant nations to deal with aid according to the committee’s plans. Mousa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas deputy stated, "the Palestine Authority will not be entirely responsible for the aid. We refuse the money aimed for Gaza reconstruction to be received and controlled by the PA in Ramallah, we call for a direct transfer to those affected in Gaza. Those are the people who suffered and still suffer in Gaza,” Abu Marzouk told Al-Jazeera.
The Israelis hopes the destruction and death wreaked on Gaza Strip will turn the masses against Hamas. But the Palestinians are not blaming Hamas, contrary to what the Israel and Fatah would like to hear. Most Palestinians blame the Israelis and Egypt for the Gaza massacre and the Gazan’s shun the Israelis claim that the onslaught on Gaza was a war against the Palestinian resistance, not aimed at the civilians. Meanwhile Fatah movement fears a severe political blow being rightly accused by the Palestinian public for treason and collaboration.
On Wednesday, the US backed Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, was forced to acknowledge that the “Israeli aggression” was targeting not a specific Palestinian political organization, but the entire Palestinian people. "This criminal aggression is targeting all Palestinians without discrimination”, Abbas said, in a speech broadcast by the PalestineTV (Fatah). “We have been struggling for forty years, and no one has the right to doubt our credentials,” a very angry Abbas told the press. “However,not many believe Abbas was genuine or serious. There is a widespread believe among Palestinians that the Palestine Authority (Fatah) is quite satisfied with what is happening in Gaza.
Hamas have accused a number of PA figures, including two close aids to Abbas, al Tayeb Abdul Rahim and Nimr Hamad, of colluding with Israel against Hamas. And Hamas officials in Gaza also accused Abdul Rahim of directing a cell of Fatah informers in Gaza to collect information on Hamas’s targets and forward it to Israel via Ramallah. Another charge among Arab states claim that the Palestine Authority together with Egypt were conspiring with the Israelis to bring down the popular Hamas government.
On Tuesday the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon, arrived on his scheduled visit to Gaza City. He seemed very upset after he with his own eyes had seen some of the destruction, among other sites targeted and bombed by the Israel. He visited the UNRWA compound in Gaza City. Ki-moon said in a press conference, aired around the world, “what I see in Gaza is a massacre, a crime, it must be investigated and someone will have to pay for it”. At the Arab Economic, Social and Development Summit in Kuwait on Monday before going to Gaza, the UN leader asked the participants of the summit to “do everything possible to ensure that the tragedy in Gaza does not occur again - we must work together to prevent further violence, aid Gaza in this hour of desperate need and help to restore stability.”
Ban Ki - moon also said:
“A durable ceasefire needs an open and continued functioning system for the crossings in and out of Gaza, one that will immediately allow full access for humanitarian goods and people - the Palestinians themselves must face a challenge of reconciliation, and seriously work to achieve a unified government within the framework of a legitimate Palestinian Authority*”. The secretary-general also issued a call to all Arab leaders for their support in this effort, adding that “we cannot rebuild Gaza without Palestinian unity.”
The secretary-general said he intends to launch a humanitarian appeal for Gaza soon, appealing to major donor countries for contributions. Ban Ki-Moon dispatched on Monday humanitarian needs assessment teams to Gaza, appealing to donor countries. On Sunday Saudi Arabia pledged USD $1 billion to help rebuild Ghazze.
1. Bomb-shelters were never built when Fatah had the power previous to 2006 (in charge of the PA the Palestine Authority).
2. PA abducted and controlled by Fatah after Hamas victory in the Palestinian election 2006.
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