GAZA, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation are committing genocide by closing all border crossings into the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

They said that the occupation forces were committing genocide against the Palestinian people in the war-torn Strip by closing all border crossings and preventing travel and the entry of medical aid and fuel into the Strip.

They added that with every hour, some of the casualties whose names are listed on records to travel outside the Strip for medical treatment were lost, i.e. died, and casualties and patients were undergoing a slow death, particularly given the lack of medical treatment and supplies and being prevented from travelling for overseas treatment.

They pointed out that the sole dialysis centre in the city of Rafah ceased to operate due to Israeli bombardment.

Tried before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 34,904 Palestinians and injuring over 78,514 others.

Moreover, at least 7,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.