NaKelly Kelly, The Progressive, December 5, 2023
Vachitaura vari muwadhi yechipatara ingangoita mamita makumi mashanu kubva painge pachangobva kuputika bhomba, mutauriri weUNICEF, James Elder. akasimudza inzwi rake neruzha rwevana vachizhamba. Mune a Video yakatumirwa pa X (yaimbozivikanwa se Twitter), akasimbisa kuti hutano hwehutano hweGaza hwakaremerwa. Achinongedzera vana vakanga vakatutirana muwadhi yechipatara chaakati chaivhiya pamwero we200 muzana, Mukuru akasimbirira kuti chipatara chacho “hachigoni kutora vana vakawanda vane maronda ehondo . . . nokutsva, nezvakaputsika zvakarashira miviri yavo, namapfupa akatyoka.
Achiidana kuti ihondo pavana, Mukuru akanyevera kuti “kusaita kweavo vane pesvedzero kuri kubvumira kuurawa kwavana.” Isu, vagari venyika, tiri avo vane simba pamwe chete nevakuru vedu vakasarudzwa. Ndivo vagari vepasi rose vakabuda nemazana ezviuru mumavhiki apfuura izvo zvakakonzera kuti chibvumirano chemazuva manomwe chiitike. Zvino isu tinofanira kukurumidza kuterera kune kumwe kutambudzwa kwevana nemhuri dzeGaza, kunoitwa nemumwe wevanobatana vakanyarara muhondo: chirwere.
Avo vane pesvedzero pakati pezviremera muIsrael neUnited States havafanire kurangarira kwete chete nekuuraya kwehusina hanya kwavari kuuraya vana, asi vanofanirwawo kubata mukana wekuwedzera zvakanyanya kufa kwevanhu kubva kuzvirwere zvemunhandare yehondo zviri kutambudza vana. Vana vasara veGazan vanogara mukati memamiriro ezvinhu anotyisa ekubuda kwezvirwere zvinokonzerwa nemvura: huwandu hunowedzera hwezvitunha zvisina kuvigwa, mvura yekunwa isina kuchengetedzeka, kuwanda mudzimba dzekugara dzisina vanhu vanorwara vanorambidzwa kuwana hutano, uye kuparara kwezvinokosha. hurongwa hwetsvina nehutsanana. Sangano reWorld Health Organisation (WHO) Inonyevera kuti Gaza “iri pamawere ehosha huru.”
Musi waNovember 15, 2023, iyo WHO Zvinonzi zvinopfuura 44,000 zviitiko zvemanyoka zvakanyorwa muGaza kubva pakati paOctober-kuwedzera kunoshamisa kuenzaniswa nemakore apfuura.
"Pakupedzisira tichaona vanhu vazhinji vachifa nechirwere kupfuura kubva kubhomba kana tikatadza kudzorera pamwe hutano uhwu," akati Margaret Harris, mutauriri weWHO.
Asi pasina magetsi nemafuta, hazvigoneke kugadzirisa hutano hweGaza hwakadonha. Zviremera zveIsrael cheka Magetsi eGaza mushure meGumiguru 11, maererano neHofisi yeUnited Nations yeCoordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), uye nzvimbo dzekuchengetera mafuta ega ega ega ega ega dzakapedzwa zvine njodzi.
Nhau inoramba ichiratidza kuti vana vari munzvimbo dzehondo vanotakura chirango sezvo hondo dzinobhomba dzichitora nzvimbo kuhondo dzeupfumi dzinouraya zvikuru, uye zvinofanira kurangarirwa sehondo yomuzvarirwo inorwisana nevana. (Zvakakosha kuti Israeri ndeimwe yenyika sere chete kwete kusaina iyo Biological Weapons Convention.)
Kutambura kwakaitirwa vana veIraqi mushure mehondo ye1991 uye makore akatevera ezvirango zvehupfumi zvisina tsitsi kunozivikanwa kuUnited States nevakuru veIsrael.
Apo US Operation Desert Storm yekubhomba hondo neIraq yakapera musi waFebruary 28, 1991, rudzi rutsva rwehondo rwakaratidza kuparadza zvikuru kupfuura kunyange kubhomba kwakaipisisa. Pakasvika 1995, vashandi veUN vakaziva kuti vana vakanga vachifa, kutanga nemazana, tevere nezviuru, uye pakupedzisira nemazana ezviuru nemhaka yokuti zvirango zvoupfumi zvakadzivisa kuwana mishonga, mvura yakachena, uye zvokudya zvakakwana.
Mauto eUS pachawo akafanotaura denda rezvirwere zvemumvura raizotanga muIraq, nekuti bhomba reUS rakanga rakuvadza zvakanyanya mapaipi emvura epasi pevhu, zvichikonzera kutsemuka kuri kuita kuti tsvina ipinde mumvura inoshandiswa nevanhuwo zvavo. Makore gumi nematatu ezvirango zvehupfumi zvakararisa hupenyu hwevaIraqi vasingaverengeki avo vangadai vasina kuve vakazvidavirira pamusoro pezviito zvehurumende yavo - vanhu vakuru, vanorwara, vacheche, uye vacheche.
Muenzaniso wakafanana unobuda kana tikatarira kuSaudi aerial bombardment yeYemen kubva ku2015 kusvika ku2018. Kurwiswa kweSaudi pamusoro pemvura inokosha yetsvina uye nzvimbo dzehutsanana, uye nepamusoro pemiti yemagetsi yakavapa simba, yakakonzera kushomeka kwakanyanya kwemvura inonwiwa. MaSaudis aizivikanwawo nekubhomba nzvimbo uko Yemenis vaichera matsime avo.
A ripoti kubva kuSave the Children, yakabudiswa muna Mbudzi 2018, inofungidzira kuti vana vanosvika zviuru makumi masere neshanu vakafa nenzara yakanyanyisa kubva pakatanga hondo muna 85,000. cholera denda rakamborekodhwa 2.26 miriyoni uye rakauraya vanhu vanosvika zviuru zvina. Attacks on zvipatara nemakiriniki zvakakonzera kuvharwa kweinopfuura hafu yezvivakwa zveYemen isati yatanga. Yakakomberedzwa kumativi ese, 3.65 miriyoni Yemenis vaive mukati kudzingwa. Chizvarwa chese chevana veYemeni chichatambura nekushungurudzika uye chirwere chinokonzerwa nemabhomba eSaudi vachishandisa zvombo zvinopihwa neUnited States nevamwe vagadziri vezvombo vekumadokero.
Dr. Yara Asi, purofesa wezvehutano hwepasi rose, anotaura kuti "Gaza Strip yakanga ine hutano husina kusimba nemvura, utsanana nehutsanana nguva refu October 7, 2023 asati asvika, Hamas kurwisa izvo zvakauraya 1,200 maIsrael uye zvakakonzera kutsiva kwendege. Hutano hwehutano hweGaza, imwe yenzvimbo dzine vanhu vakawanda pasi rose, hwagara huripo kushungurudzwa mari shoma nemhedzisiro yekuvharirwa kwakaiswa neIsrael muna 2007. "
Mukutanga kwa2023, inofungidzirwa 97 muzana yemvura yaiva mudenderedzwa yakanga isina kukodzera kunwa, uye inopfuura 12 muzana yezviitiko zverufu rwevana chinokonzerwa ne zvirwere zvemvura. Zvirwere zvinosanganisira typhoid fever, cholera, uye hepatitis A hazviwanzo kuwanikwa munzvimbo dzine maitiro emvura anoshanda uye akakwana.
Zvino, OCHA mishumo vanhu vanopfuura mamiriyoni 1.8 muGaza, kana kuti vangangosvika 80 muzana yevagari vemo, vakadzingwa mukati. Kuzarisa panzvimbo dzenguva dzeUNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) nzvimbo dzekugara dzakawedzera zvakanyanya nyaya dzemanyoka, hutachiona hwekufema, hutachiona hweganda, uye inda. Pasina matsime uye kubudisa munyu, kupera mvura mumuviri, uye zvirwere zvinokonzerwa nemvura zviri kuwedzera kutyisidzira.
Hatigone kubatsira asi kubvunza kana vakuru veIsrael, vachida kuenderera mberi nehondo kwenguva yakareba segore, vanoona mukana wechirwere chakapararira sekukurudzira kuti mhuri dzibve muGaza, vachibvuma kucheneswa kwemadzinza kwakakura kwaizovadzinga kunze kwemiganhu yeGaza.
mune ongororo yakabudiswa munguva pfupi yapfuura by +972 Magazini uye Nhare Yemunharaunda, mumwe murwi woungwaru wokuIsrael anonyora mashoko ane udzame eIsrael pamusoro pokuti vagari veGazan vari kupi: “Hapana chinoitika netsaona . . . . Apo musikana ane makore matatu okukura anourawa mumusha muGaza, imhaka yokuti mumwe munhu muuto akasarudza chakanga chisiri chinhu chikuru kuti aurawe—iyo yakanga iri mutengo wakafanira kuripwa kuti arove [mumwe] chinangwa. Isu hatisi Hamas. Aya haasi maroketi asina kurongeka. Zvese zvineune. Isu tinonyatsoziva kuti kukuvadzwa kwakawanda sei mudzimba dzese. ”
Pane kumirira vabereki veGazan kuti vacherere makuva evana vanorwara nezvirwere zvinouraya zvinokonzerwa nemvura, tinofanira kushevedzera kuti kumiswa kwehondo zvachose, kuripwa, uye kuguma kwehutongi hwehudzvanyiriri hweIsrael. MuUnited States, tinofanira kunyatsoongorora mutemo wedu wekune dzimwe nyika unorwara, uchirwara kwemakumi emakore akawanda nemakaro, kutya, uye kupindwa muropa nehondo.
Pasi rose, vanhu vari kuratidza kuzvipira kwavo kutarisira vana veGazan vanopona muhondo iyi inotyisa. Kushevedzera kwekumisa kurwa zvachose kunosanganisira kuramba zvachose chirwere chezvombo kuti varange pamwe chete vana.
Kathy Kelly (kathy.vcnv@gmail.com) ndiye mutungamiri webhodhi World BEYOND War (worldbeyondwar.org) uye mubatsiri-murongi weMerchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal (merchantsofdeath.org).
