Palestinian National Council: Occupation's bombing of Khan Younis hospital is a brutal crime

Ramallah, November 12 (KUNA) – Rawi Fattouh, Chairman of the Palestinian National Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization, today on Thursday condemned the Israeli occupation’s shelling of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis as a brutal crime that reflects a systematic policy aimed at killing Palestinians and destroying the foundations of their lives. In a press statement, Fattouh said, “The repeated killing of patients in their beds and the targeting of doctors and nurses while they are performing their humanitarian duties constitute war crimes and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.” He added that the occupying power, Israel, is acting as a state in defiance of international law, human values, and ethics, with no regard for international charters. He stressed that its ongoing crimes and siege are deepening the humanitarian catastrophe faced by the people of the Gaza Strip, amid international silence and an inability to halt the tragedy. Fattouh pointed out that the continuation of these violations stems from a policy of impunity and the political protection afforded by some international powers to the leaders of the right-wing government in the Israeli occupation, which encourages them to defy international law and evade accountability. He called for immediate international action to protect the Palestinian people and to take punitive measures against the occupation, holding its leaders accountable before international courts for war crimes. (End) N.Q. / T.M.A.