By ZAKAA LAZARUS-Abuja.
The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria Abu Shawesh has confirmed that 43,603 Palestinians were killed and 102,929 were injured in Gaza.
The envoy noted that the figure is mostly children and women.
According to him, 188 journalists were also killed. “These numbers he saiɗ are likely to be a serious understatement, as many of those killed and injured remain under the rubble.
Shawesh also lamented that in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as of November 9, 811 Palestinians were killed, 5,755 injured, and 13,585 permanent and temporary military checkpoints were set up.
According to him, “as of November 10, the total number of Palestinian detainees in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has reached 11,600, including 430 women, 760 children, and 132 journalists, 85 of whom are still in detention, and administrative orders have exceeded 10,000 detainees.
He said the arrest campaign was accompanied by human humiliation, severe beatings, in addition to the vandalism destruction of Palestinian homes and property, and theft of their money and gold.
Shawesh said these figures do not include detainees from Gaza, where some estimates indicate that their number exceeds 5,000 without any information about them.
“41 Palestinian detainees were killed as a result of ill-treatment and severe beatings in the Negev and Ofer prisons, prisoners face difficult conditions, especially those from Gaza.
“What makes matters worse is the spread of scabies among prisoners, who are all subjected to brutal torture, insults and medical neglect.Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, particularly in North Gaza where only 30 trucks are allowed to enter per day, which is nearly 6% of the daily needs.
“This deprivation of food is making it difficult for the people in Gaza to even survive.
He said the Isreal troops is using starvation as method and measure of war on Gaza specially on the north which he said will lead to catastrophic health consequence on the short and long run.
He lamented that Palestinians who are still in North Gaza are living under an immobilizing siege, are being deliberately and continuously bombed, and are without food, water, and medical supplies.
“Anyone who tries to flee in search of these necessities is targeted by Israeli drones and killed” He added.
