Karuna on Nostr: UNICEF spokesperson James Elder on what he observed in #Gaza as they tried ...
UNICEF spokesperson James Elder on what he observed in #Gaza as they tried (unsuccessfully) to deliver aid.
"Even as we waited for hours near one of those checkpoints called a holding point, I was watching fishers. No doubt they had previous professions as accountants, lawyers and other jobs, but now all jobs and economies are being battered. Here they were fishing just using a single net, throwing it and trying to catch some fish for their family.
Suddenly a tank came, and the next thing, there was firing from the position from the area around the Israeli military checkpoint, and two fishermen were shot. We didn’t know if they were dead. A WHO paramedic colleague radioed the authorities to ask if we could possibly get these two people to see if we could give them medical care. That was denied. That care was denied.
Eventually, half an hour later, other fishers returned with body bags and we discovered that the two men were in fact dead. One had been shot in the back, and one who had fishing net still around his foot was shot in the neck."
#Israel #gaza #genocide #warcrimes
https://news.un.org/en/interview/2024/06/1151131
"Even as we waited for hours near one of those checkpoints called a holding point, I was watching fishers. No doubt they had previous professions as accountants, lawyers and other jobs, but now all jobs and economies are being battered. Here they were fishing just using a single net, throwing it and trying to catch some fish for their family.
Suddenly a tank came, and the next thing, there was firing from the position from the area around the Israeli military checkpoint, and two fishermen were shot. We didn’t know if they were dead. A WHO paramedic colleague radioed the authorities to ask if we could possibly get these two people to see if we could give them medical care. That was denied. That care was denied.
Eventually, half an hour later, other fishers returned with body bags and we discovered that the two men were in fact dead. One had been shot in the back, and one who had fishing net still around his foot was shot in the neck."
#Israel #gaza #genocide #warcrimes
https://news.un.org/en/interview/2024/06/1151131