RAMALLAH, Palestine

The Palestinian National Council said Friday that the ongoing Israeli offensive in northern Gaza is “a war aimed at uprooting the people from their land.”

In a statement, Rawhi Fattuh, president of the Palestinian National Council, which serves as the supreme representative legislative body for all Palestinians in Palestine and the Diaspora, pointed out that “Israel is conducting an assault on the northern Gaza Strip, besieging and bombing residential areas. areas with barrel bombs in an act of genocide”.

Fattuh described the Israeli operations as “a moral depravity and brutality that defies human understanding”.

He added: “These crimes are clear evidence of the oppression and domination of the occupying entity, encouraged by Western and US support, taking advantage of international silence that has turned its back on its own humanitarian principles and values.”

He called on the international community to act independently and urgently to save more than 400,000 citizens who are “facing slaughter and brutality” and to stop a war targeting “the existence and national identity of the Palestinian people”.

Land incursions and shelling by the Israeli military continue in northern Gaza as forces push for the forced displacement of Palestinians.

Israel has continued a devastating offensive on Gaza since last year’s attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.

More than 42,800 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and more than 100,500 others have been injured, according to local health authorities.

Israel is facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

* Written by Ikram Kouachi

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