PHM-Exch> Stop the Israeli brutality on Gaza

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: pmrs.gaza at gmail.com

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>>      For the 2nd day in a row, Gaza is under extensive Israeli military
>> attacks. So far fifteen people were killed and more than 150 others were
>> injured.
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>  They are receiving large numbers of injured people.   This seems to be
>> only the first stage of this military operation. We expect more escalation
>> is yet to come, especially that the bombing is still ongoing and Israel
>> threatens of sending more troops for land invasion.
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>> Your solidarity means a lot at this difficult time especially as things
>> seem to be moving from bad to worse. Thus all efforts need to be put
>> together in order to provide aid to victims.
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>> *Please find below PMRS Appeals to the International Community on Behalf
>> of the People of Gaza*
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>> Dr. Aed Yaghi
>>  Director -Gaza Strip
>>  Palestinian Medical Relief Society
>> Email: pmrs.gaza at gmail.com
>>               Mrcgaza <Mrcgaza at palnet.com>@palnet.com<Mrcgaza at palnet.com>
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>> *PMRS Appeals to the International Community on Behalf of the People of
>> Gaza *
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>> In light of Israel’s recent large scale military bombardment of the
>> besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) calls on
>> international non-governmental institutions, as well as all levels of
>> international civil society, to act immediately to pressure Israel to stop
>> the aggression on the people of Gaza and to allocate aid assistance and
>> disaster relief to the Strip’s 1.6 million people.
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>> The Gaza Strip, with a population of 1.6 million people, is known to be
>> the most densely populated area in the world. With such a large number of
>> people living so closely packed together, Israel’s pretext of targeted and
>> “surgical strikes” on military targets alone are unachievable.
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>> “The situation is extremely difficult,“ says Abdil Hadi Abu Khousa, a
>> PMRS Member of the Board. “Every five to ten minutes there is another
>> airstrike. We don’t know where it will land or where it will come from. The
>> usually bustling streets are completely empty.”
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>> The Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported extreme shortages in more
>> than 165 different types of medical supplies, a shortage similarly
>> reflected in all of PMRS’ medical clinics throughout the Strip.
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>> “At the moment, the quantity of injuries is relatively manageable,
>> however if they continue at this rate our hospitals will soon be over
>> capacity,” says Dr. Ayid Yaghi, the Director of PMRS in Gaza.
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>> The capacity of international NGOs in general, and PMRS in particular, to
>> react and respond to devastating humanitarian crises, such as the one in
>> Gaza is currently experiencing shortage of funding which are at an all time
>> annual low, stemming from a decrease in monetary contributions from
>> international donors and budget cuts due to the global economic crisis,
>> leaving emergency response activities at a severe disadvantage.
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>> Israeli military spokespersons have intimated that the past 24 hours of
>> airstrikes represent just the beginning of a larger military operation,
>> codenamed *Pillar of Defense*. “All options are on the table,” said
>> Israel’s chief military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai and, while a
>> simultaneous tweet from the *Israeli Army Spokesperson* said that, “If
>> necessary, the Israeli Army is ready to initiate a ground operation in
>> Gaza.”
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>> “If Israel’s operation is truly just the beginning of this offensive, the
>> already delicate health and humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip will
>> undoubtedly deteriorate to dangerous levels” said Mahmoued Brigheth the
>> Director General of PMRS. The depleted nature of the healthcare system in
>> Gaza and the lacking capacity of international NGOs to aid in emergency
>> relief further exacerbate the situation.
>> Accordingly, PMRS calls on all international donors to allocate aid money
>> and medical supplies to the important emergency work in Gaza Strip, as soon
>> as possible.
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