MAPW has written to Foreign Minister Penny Wong to protest the incursion of Israeli forces into Gaza’s largest hospital.
We told the Minister:
Coming after weeks of relentless bombardment of Gaza’s healthcare system, with the deaths of over 4,000 children, many more adults, the injuring of a far higher number, the terrorising of innocent people trapped in a war zone with no escape, the deprivation of food, water, medical supplies, fuel and other necessities, the immorality of what we are seeing is intolerable.
Israel’s claims that the hospital is a Hamas command node have not been independently verified, and hospital patients remain under the protection of international law.
We called on the Minister to act decisively:
Australians are practically begging you to speak up in strong unequivocal language that explicitly condemns Israeli crimes, using the same standards by which you rightly judge Hamas’ crimes. How many more Palestinian lives will be sufficient to prompt this?