10/31/2024
Today, from Jawad Musleh:
I don’t know what to say. The situation is catastrophic in Gaza, in Lebanon and here in the West Bank.
What’s happening now in the north of Gaza is unimaginable. Hundreds of people have been killed in Jabalia, Beit Lahia, Beit Hanun. No hospitals, no ambulances, no medics. The wounded bleed to death. Not enough food, not enough water. Apparently, Israel wants to cleanse all the north and evacuate it from all its inhabitants. This is in addition to the continuous bombardment on the other parts of the Gaza Strip and the inhumane situation there.
In the West Bank, the Israeli army has installed more checkpoints and roadblocks between cities, villages, refugee camps, and movement of the Palestinians become more and more difficult everyday. On daily basis, the Israeli army invades Palestinian places to assassinate people, arrest people, demolish houses, expropriate lands.. etc
There are now more than 9000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails from the West Bank, in addition to unknown number of prisoners from the Gaza Strip, estimated 10 thousand prisoners. The situation in prisons is unbearable with continuous and daily attacks, punishment, torture, lack of food, no medical care..
Here in Bethlehem, as you know, many people have lost their income because they depend on tourism. Some people were able to find alternative source of income, and many others still don’t have any income.
We just hope that this genocidal war would come to an end as soon as possible.