International newspapers highlighted the humanitarian repercussions of the war waged by the Israeli occupation on the Gaza Strip, including the danger threatening the lives of displaced Palestinians, and the abusive scenes of Palestinian detainees held by the Israeli occupation army.
A report in the New York Times focused on the issue of protecting Palestinian civilians from Israeli bombing in Gaza, and cited satellite images revealing the extent of the destruction near shelters in the southern Gaza Strip, which are supposed to be safe places.
The report points out that the number of displaced people exceeds the shelters’ capacity, and many end up in their vicinity, and are therefore at risk of bombing. The report indicates that the shelters themselves were not spared from direct bombardment.
The Telegraph newspaper highlighted scenes in which Palestinian detainees held by the Israeli army appeared stripped of their clothes inside a football field.
The newspaper confirms that among the detainees this time are minors and the elderly, noting that the new scenes are reminiscent of similar images from Gaza weeks ago, which it said sparked a lot of anger and disapproval and attracted criticism of Israeli army soldiers.
For its part, an editorial in the French newspaper Le Monde warned that “the indifference shown by leaders of countries around the world towards the ongoing massacre in Gaza allows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to establish a permanent state of war…”
The newspaper wrote that the international silence that followed the targeting of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp (east of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip) is clear evidence of this, and “that the call for a two-state solution does not come through accepting an endless war that Netanyahu wants.”
The Guardian newspaper touched on, in a report, “some talk about fears of regional escalation at a time when Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant warns of a multi-front war.”
The report stated that Gallant’s statements come as the war in Gaza threatens to expand beyond the borders of Israel and the Palestinian territories.
