United Nations Warns Israel And Palestine Heading âTowards A Full-Scale Warâ
by : Daniel Richardson on : 12 May 2021 09:24
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The United Nations has warned that Israel and Palestine are approaching a âfull-scaleâ war as the conflict in the Gaza Strip continues.
Violence in the region has escalated in recent weeks, stemming from efforts to evict six Arab families from a contested neighbourhood in favour of Jewish settlers. This has led to violent protests and clashes and, in response, some of the most intense rocket attacks in seven years have hit Gaza.
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35 Palestinians have been killed, including 12 children, since this escalation began. As a result, there are global concerns about the situation, which has seen Palestinians face displacement while refugee camps and residential areas are bombed.
As the sun was about to set over the Gaza horizon on May 10, 2021, the community would not have known what was to happen that night. But they are citizens of Gaza, and what did happen would not have taken them by surprise. Israeli bombardment overnight of the besieged strip has claimed the lives of 21 Palestinians, including nine children. As dawn broke, there was devastation and a fresh round of Israeli attacks killing another three people. By the time of writing this, at least 26 lives have been lost to Israeli attacks.
The attacks have been a follow-up of Israeli clampdown on Palestinian protestors in the occupied East Jerusalem, who are being threatened with forced eviction from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood by Israeli authorities. This move is being considered illegal by most world powers, including the United Nations, because East Jerusalem is part of the Occupied Palestine and it is illegal to evict the residents by the occupying forces.
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