U-Israel Uhlasela Izibhedlela eGaza Ngosekelo Olugcwele LwaseMelika

Usizo lokuqala lwasePalestine Red Crescent lulinde ukuthola izidumbu esibhedlela i-Al-Najjar edolobheni laseRafah, eningizimu yeGaza Strip, ngoJanuwari 10, 2024.
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Ibhalwe nguKathy Kelly, World BEYOND War, Februwari 20, i-2024

Izibhedlela kufanele kube yizindawo zokwelapha, hhayi izinkundla zempi.

Emashumini amaningi eminyaka adlule e-Chicago, intandokazi yami emisebenzini eminingana yabafundi betoho yayisebenzisa ibhodi lokushintsha izingcingo “lesitayela sakudala” esibhedlela esincane esibizwa nge-Forkosh Memorial. Ikhoyili yamakhoyili namapulaki yayihlanganisa nesibuko ukuze abaqhubi bakwazi ukugcina iso emnyango wesibhedlela, okwakuthi ngezimpelasonto nakusihlwa futhi kugadwe unogada osekhulile, ongahlomile ogama lakhe linguFrank. Wayehlala edeskini lesitayela sekilasi eduze kwasentubeni yokungena nencwadi ye-ledger. Phakathi neminyaka emine, ngezimpelasonto nakusihlwa, “ukuphepha” esibhedlela ngokuvamile kwakuhlanganisa mina noFrank kuphela. Ngenhlanhla, akukho okuningi okwake kwenzeka. Amathuba okuhlaselwa, ukuhlasela noma ukugasela akuzange kwenzeke kithi. Umbono wokuqhuma kwebhomu lasemoyeni wawungacabangeki, njengokuthile okuphuma kokuthi "Impi Yezwe" noma enye inganekwane ye-sci-fi.

Manje, ngokudabukisayo, izibhedlela zaseGaza naseWest Bank zihlaselwe, zahlaselwa, zaqhunyiswa ngamabhomu futhi zacekelwa phansi. Izindaba zokuhlaselwa okwengeziwe kwe-Israel zibikwa nsuku zonke. Evikini eledlule, Intando yeningi Manje! yaxoxa UDkt. Yasser Khan, udokotela wamehlo waseCanada kanye nodokotela ohlinza amehlo osanda kubuya emsebenzini wokuhlinza abantu esibhedlela saseYurophu eKhan Yunis eGaza. UDkt. Khan ukhulume ngokuqhuma kwamabhomu okwenzeka njalo ngemva kwamahora ambalwa okuholela ekuthelelekeni kwabantu abaningi abalimala. Iningi leziguli ayezelapha kwakungabantwana abaneminyaka emi-2 kuya kwengu-17 ubudala. Wabona ukulimala okunyantisayo kwamehlo, ubuso obuphihlizekile, amanxeba okubhoboza, izilonda esiswini, izitho nemilenze enqanyulwe ngaphezu kwethambo, kanye nokuhlukumezeka okubangelwa imicibisholo ejikijelwa nge-laser eyi-drone. Phakathi nokugcwala kanye nesiphithiphithi, abasebenzi bezempilo bebenakekela iziguli ngenkathi bengenazo izinto eziyisisekelo, okuhlanganisa nezinzwa. Iziguli zilele phansi ezimweni ezingahlanzekile, zisengozini yokutheleleka nezifo. Iningi labo laphinde labulawa indlala enkulu.

Imvamisa, ingane enqunywe isitho ibhekana nokuhlinzwa okwengeziwe okufika kwayishumi nambili. UKhan wayezibuza ukuthi ngabe ngubani ozolandela lezi zingane, ezinye ezingenazo izihlobo ezisaphila?

Ubalule nokuthi umlilo we-sniper uvimbe odokotela ukuthi baye emsebenzini. “Babulale abasebenzi bezempilo, abahlengikazi, abezimo eziphuthumayo; kuqhunyiswe ama-ambulensi. Konke lokhu bekuhlelekile,” kuchaza uKhan. “Manje kunezidumbu ezingu-10,000 15,000 kuya ku-XNUMX XNUMX ezibolayo. Yinkathi yemvula manje eGaza ngakho wonke amanzi emvula ahlangana nezidumbu ezibolayo nokuthi amagciwane ahlangana namanzi okuphuza bese uthola esinye isifo.”

Ngokusho kukaKhan, amasosha akwa-Israel athumba odokotela abangamashumi amane kuya kwamashumi amane nanhlanu, eqondise ochwepheshe kanye nabaphathi besibhedlela. Izinhlangano ezintathu zokunakekelwa kwezempilo uye wakhipha isitatimende esizwakalisa ukukhathazeka okujulile ngokuthi amasosha akwa-Israel athumba futhi abopha ngokungemthetho uDkt. Khaled al-Serr, udokotela ohlinzayo esibhedlela iNasser eGaza.

NgoFebhuwari 19, uMqondisi-Jikelele we-WHO uDkt. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus kuchazwe izimo esibhedlela saseNasser ngemuva kokuthi u-Israel eyalele ukuthi abantu basePalestine bakhishwe kule ndawo. “Kuseneziguli ezingaphezu kuka-180 nodokotela nabahlengikazi abangu-15 ngaphakathi eNasser,” usho kanje. “Isibhedlela sisanenkinga yokuntuleka kokudla, izinto zokwelapha eziyisisekelo nomoya-mpilo. Awekho amanzi kampompi nogesi, ngaphandle kwejeneretha eligcina imishini ethile esindisa ukuphila.”

Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule, ngo-Okthoba ka-2015, amasosha ase-United States wabhubhisa Isibhedlela sase-Afghanistan sase-Kunduz, esiphethwe yi-Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). Isikhathi esingaphezu kwehora, indiza yokuthutha i-C-130 iphindelela idubula izinto ezishisayo egumbini lezimo eziphuthumayo nasegunjini labagula kakhulu esibhedlela, ukubulala 42 abantu. Kulimale abantu abangu-XNUMX abengeziwe. “Iziguli zethu zasha emibhedeni yazo,” ifundeka kanjalo i-MSF umbiko ojulile. “Abasebenzi bethu bezokwelapha bashumpulwe amakhanda noma balahlekelwa izitho zomzimba. Abanye badutshulwe emoyeni ngesikhathi bebalekela ibhilidi elivuthayo.”

Lokhu kuhlasela okunyantisayo kwacasula abaphikisi bempi kanye namaqembu alwela amalungelo abantu. Ngikhumbula ngijoyina iqembu lezishoshovu enyakatho ye-NY ababebuthene ngaphandle kwegumbi lezimo eziphuthumayo esibhedlela nesibhengezo esasimemezela ukuthi “Ukuqhumisa lesi siza kungaba ubugebengu bempi.”

Ngo-2009, ngezinga elincane, nokho namanje elisabekayo, ngabona ukuhlasela kwama-Israyeli eGaza okubizwa ngokuthi “Operation Cast Lead.” Egunjini lezimo eziphuthumayo esibhedlela i-Al Shifa, uDkt. Saeed Abuhassan, udokotela wamathambo, kuchazwe isipiliyoni esifana nesikaKhan. Lo dokotela ohlinzayo wakhulela eChicago, eduze kakhulu nendawo engangihlala kuyo. Ngambuza ukuthi ufuna ngitshele omakhelwane bethu ekhaya. Wabala inqwaba yezinto ezesabekayo wabe eseyeka. “Cha,” esho. "Okokuqala, kufanele ubatshele ukuthi imali yabakhokhi bentela baseMelika ikhokhele zonke lezi zikhali."

Imali yomkhokhintela yondla isabelomali sePentagon esikhukhumele, esivuvukele. AmaSenator aseMelika, ngesonto eledlule, wethukile nge-AIPAC, yanquma ukuthumela u-Israyeli enye imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-14.1 ukuthuthukisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi. AmaSenator amathathu kuphela bavote ngokumelene Imalia okumele ikhokhwe.

Kusuka ePalestine, Huwaida Arraf, ummeli wamalungelo abantu wasePalestine naseMelika, wabhala ku-X: “Okwethusayo akukhona ukuthi u-Israyeli uhlela ukudluliselwa ngendluzula kwabasePalestine engababulalanga, kodwa ukuthi lokho okubizwa ngokuthi ‘izwe eliphucuzekile’ liyamvumela kwenzeke. Imiphumela yalobu bubi obuhlanganisiwe izohlupha ababambisene nabo ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.”

Esibhedlela sase-Forkosh ngeminyaka yawo-1970, nganginesibuko ukuze ngibone ukuthi kwenzekani ngemva kwami, kodwa wonke umuntu emhlabeni angabona, ngokuqondile, ukwesabeka kokusekelwa kwe-US ngomcimbi wokuqothulwa kohlanga okwenzeka ewashini lethu. Kakhulu izinguqulo ezisontekile okwenzeka ngo-Okthoba 7^th, ngeke - ngisho noma kukholakala - ukuthethelela izinga lokusabeka okubikwe eGaza naseWest Bank usuku ngalunye.

Uhulumeni wase-US uyaqhubeka ngentshiseko ukubhubhisa iGaza ngendlela ehlelekile nengenabuntu yakwa-Israyeli. Abeluleki base-US yenza imizamo ebuthakathaka ukuphakamisa ukuthi u-Israyeli kufanele ame kancane noma okungenani azame ukunemba kakhulu ekuhlaseleni kwakhe. Emzamweni wayo wokuthola ukuphakama okumangalisayo, i-United States idabula ezingxenyeni ezincane kakhulu noma yini esele yokuzibophezela kumalungelo abantu, ukulingana nesithunzi somuntu.

Okwagcina isibhedlela saseForkosh sivikelekile, emashumini eminyaka edlule, kwakuyinkontileka yezenhlalo eyayithatha njengokuphepha kwesibhedlela esincane esisiza abantu bendawo.

Uma singakwazi ukuthola isimilo sokuyeka ukunikeza izikhali zokuhlasela okuqhubekayo kwe-Israel ngokumelene neGaza nezindawo zayo zokwelapha, singathola ukuthi sidale umhlaba lapho okungekho muntu ongathembela ekusekeleni amalungelo abantu ayisisekelo. Kungenzeka sidala amanxeba enzondo nosizi ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane okungeke kuphinde kube khona indawo ephephile yokuphola.

Intuthu ikhuphuka ngemva kwesiteleka somoya sakwa-Israel eKhan Yunis eningizimu yeGaza Strip, ngoJanuwari 3, 2024.
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Kathy Kelly (kathy.vcnv@gmail.com) ungumongameli webhodi World BEYOND War; uhlanganisa i Inkantolo Yamacala Amacala Empi Yokufa Abathengisi.