Statements of condemnation won’t stop the genocide in Gaza
Israel only had a short amount of time to declare its intention to ratify its ceasefire with Hamas and to start the Gaza Strip’s total genocide. The Israeli army launched a wave of attacks overnight, which have so far claimed the lives of at least 404 Palestinians and 562 others.
As more bodies are recovered from the rubble, and as Israel continues what Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela has described as a “barbarous” assault on the Palestinian enclave, these numbers will undoubtedly rise.
After all, Israel excels at barbarism. Unfortunately, barbarous behavior is not on its last legs, especially when the international community is only able to gather spineless  condemnation statements.
For instance, Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, claimed that the Israeli attacks “will add tragedy to tragedy” and that Israel’s use of force “will only add further misery” to a Palestinian population that is already in terrible condition.
The Israeli assault, according to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, is “a great tragedy” for the Gazan population, many of whom “live in tents and the remnants of what has been destroyed.”
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp reaffirmed on the platform X to, saying that “humanitarian aid must reach those in need, and all hostilities must end permanently.” “An immediate return to the ceasefire must be demanded by Switzerland.”
The United States, of course, felt no need to condemn the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza, which has unsurprisingly been the country’s first and second-guessing genocide, first under the Joe Biden administration and then under Donald Trump.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the US had been consulted by Israel on the most recent assault in an , interview  with Fox News. Trump added that Trump had “made it clear” that Hamas and “all those who seek to terrorize not just Israel, but also the United States of America, will pay a price to pay. Leavitt warned that “all hell will break loose” by paraphrasing a  and a previous threat  issued by Trump to Hamas.
Yet, by any reasonable standards, the Gaza Strip’s situation has already become wracked. Between October 2023 and January 2025, Israel’s military officially slaughtered at least 48,577 Palestinians under the auspices of a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The government media office in Gaza updated its death toll in February to nearly 62, 000, making up the number of Palestinians who are thought to be dead under the all-pervasive rubble.
And while the Israeli military continued to kill Palestinians and otherwise violate the truce agreement, Gaza ostensibly received a break from Israeli relentless bombardment. After all, Israel’s strategy has never been to end hostilities.
The US pretended to blame Hamas for the blocking of aid when Israel  blocked all humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip in early March rather than the party actually doing it, a maneuver that equates to enforced starvation and a flagrant war crime. The European Union retaliated against Hamas for its alleged “refusal” to accept the extension of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Given that Israel had simply changed the terms of the agreement, Hamas was actually referring to it as a unilaterally altering the terms of the agreement. The EU noted as an afterthought that Israel’s “decision to block the entry of all humanitarian aid to Gaza may have humanitarian effects.”
Hamas was ultimately responsible for everything, though.
It is easy to see why Israel might take international criticism as a little less serious now that Israel’s renewed barbarism is being stifling. Perfusive slaps on the wrist and appeals for an end to “tragedy” in Gaza, in all likelihood, do nothing to thwart Israel’s right to initiate and stop genocide wherever it pleases.
Israeli terror has killed many children today, and Israel has begun issuing new forced displacement orders for various Gaza Strip neighborhoods. A quick call for blood donations has been made by the Gaza Health Ministry. Overall, it appears as though the ceasefire has been effectively ended.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently on trial for three corruption cases involving bribery, breach of trust, and fraud. Netanyahu’s scheduled testimony has now been “canceled for the day due to] the] shock Gaza offensive,” according to the Times of Israel .
Prosecutors reportedly approved the cancellation, allowing the government to conduct an “urgent security consultation” regarding the government’s decision to resume operations in Gaza.
The international support for putting a stop to it is itself a barbarous tragedy as another barbarous tragedy unfolds in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Aljazeera
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