Nice that someone’s finally noticing:
Hamas is unnecessarily endangering Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by generating phony humanitarian crises, head of the Gaza Coordination Liaison Administration (CLA) Col. Nir Press said Monday… In an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Monday, Press dismissed the claims and said that in a meeting he held Sunday afternoon with Palestinian Health Ministry officials he was informed that the hospitals were running “low” on the anesthetic. On Monday morning, less than 24 hours after making the request, Israel transferred 151 nitrous oxide gas balloons to Shifa Hospital.
“It is the Palestinians’ responsibility to order the supplies,” Press said, noting that despite the daily rocket attacks on Israeli towns – on Monday 10 rockets and shells pounded the western Negev – Israel continued to transfer medical goods and supplies into Gaza whenever they were ordered. Press said that orders were usually placed by the Palestinians days in advance and that Sunday’s sudden announcement “was a spin by Hamas and an attempt to put pressure on Israel by creating a humanitarian crisis.”
Not ordering medical supplies is one of the least egregious tricks that Hamas is using to intentionally create a medical crisis in the Gaza Strip. Even when they order the supplies, they regularly refuse to accept them when Israel delivers them. Not that it matters, since Hamas also shuts down the medical clinics in Gaza where those supplies get distributed. And just in case Gazans try to get medical care in Israel – since they can’t get supplies or care in the Gaza Strip – Hamas sets up roadblocks to prevent them from getting out. All this while conducting a systematic campaign to starve Palestinians blocking food shipments.
Then Hamas sits back and watches Israel get blamed.
And how awesome is it, by the way, that Israel is about to get blamed for not giving medical supplies to a government that is publicly dedicated to wiping it out? Only in the Middle East.
References:
* IDF colonel: Hamas creating humanitarian crisis [JPost]
* Hamas Intentionally Creating Humanitarian Disaster In Gaza – Now They’re Shutting Down The Few Medical Clinics That Are Still Working [MR]
* UN And "Gaza Businessmen" Agree: It’s Israel’s Fault That Hamas Has Intentionally Created A Humanitarian Disaster In the Gaza Strip By Blocking Food and Medical Shipments [MR]
* Hamas Trying To Turn Gaza Into A Humanitarian Disaster – They’re Stopping Gazans From Getting Medical Aid [MR]
* Hamas Blocks Israeli Food Shipments, Intentionally Starves Gaza Civilians To Create A Humanitarian Disaster – Again! [MR]
* Palestinians Intentionally Create Humanitarian Crisis, Red Cross and Reuters Parrot Their Claims [MR]
Previously:
* Vulgar Palestinian Propaganda Succeeds with International Media – Again!
* Would Palestinian Officials Intentionally Starve Palestinian Civilians Just So They Could Demonize Israel? We Think They Would…
* Palestinians Reject Israeli Humanitarian Efforts – Easier to Demonize Israel That Way
