The ongoing killings and displacement of people from the
Gaza strip by Isreali forces is becoming unbecoming. As heavy shelling and fighting on the ground
continued, John Kerry, the US secretary of state, arrived in Egypt to seek a
ceasefire that Barack Obama declared was needed immediately: "We don't
want to see any more civilians killed," the US president said.
Kerry had been authorised to do "everything he can to
help facilitate a cessation of hostilities", said Obama. The remarks were
a sign that international diplomacy had been galvanised by weekend carnage in
Shujai'iya.
But these many rhetorics and antics have been employed by
World leaders towards the senseless and ruthless killings of civilians,
children and women. A hospital was shelled, killing and injuring staff and
patients, and up to 28 members of one family died in an air strike as Gaza
endured another day of relentless bloodshed on Monday.
In Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, al-Aqsa hospital became
the third to be struck in the 14-day conflict when three shells slammed into
the intensive care unit, surgical and administrative areas. Five people were
killed and 70 wounded, including about 30 medics, according to Gaza health
officials. Ambulances tried to evacuate patients but were forced to turn back
by continued shelling. Israel has claimed that Hamas hides weapons in hospitals.
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