Gabriel Boric: “Netanyahu and his army are openly violating international law”

The president of Pepper, Gabriel Boricaccused the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin NetanyahuOf being “openly violating international law” for the army’s actions against civilians in Linkin particular due to the widespread actions today where Israeli bombing left at least dozens dead in a refugee camp in Jabalia.

“420 children are injured or killed every day in Link by the State of Israel led by Netanyahu. They are not “collateral damage” from the war against Hamas, but its main victims, along with innocent civilians, mainly women. Source? The director of UNICEF”, published the Chilean president on his social networks.

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“In Pepper we send humanitarian support to Palestinesupporting the actions that UN so that there is a ceasefire and we continue to look for ways to collaborate to stop this massacre. And in case anyone doubts, we do all this without hesitating to condemn the attacks and kidnappings perpetrated by Hamas. Humanity is not supported by bonds that dehumanize. Nothing justifies this barbarity in Gaza. Anything. Just today Israel bombed the refugee camp Jabalia in northern Gaza, leaving dozens dead. Netanyahu and his army openly violate international law“, highlighted the head of state.

Palestinians search for victims after Israeli attacks on homes in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the north of the Gaza Strip, on October 31, 2023. (REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef). (SPAR/)

In the bombings that Israel has carried out in Gaza since October 7, when it was attacked by the Islamic militia Hamas, more than 8,300 people were killed and more than 21,000 were injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

This Tuesday, the Israeli Army bombed the Jabalia refugee camp, in the north of Gaza stripkilling at least 145 people.

Among the victims, according to the Israeli Army, were Ibrahim Biaricommander of Jabaliya Central Battalion of Hamas and who was one of the commanders responsible for the attack on Israel, left at least 1,400 dead and more than 200 Israelis kidnapped by the militia.

Given the unacceptable violations of International Humanitarian Law that Israel has committed in the Gaza Strip, as the Government of Chile, we have decided to call the Chilean ambassador to Israel, Jorge Carvajal, to Santiago for consultations.

Chile strongly condemns and observes…

-Gabriel Boric Fonte (@GabrielBoric) October 31, 2023

The Chilean government also requested “redouble efforts to achieve a truce in hostilities, the safety and security of innocent civilians and the urgent entry of humanitarian aid“in Gaza, while demanding liberation”immediate”of those kidnapped by Hamas.

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With almost 500,000 people, Chile is a great refuge for the Palestinian community outside the Arab world, a migration that began at the end of the 19th century, when hundreds of Palestinians escaped Ottoman domination for the first time, and which increased in the 20th century. Israeli occupation.

Chile recognized Palestine as a State”free, independent and sovereign”in 2011, during the first Conservative government Sebastian Piñeraand the current president, the progressive Boric, is a recognized defender of the Palestinian cause and visited Palestine in 2018, when he was a deputy.

“Chile recognizes the right of the State of Israel and the State of Palestine to coexist in peace, within mutually agreed and internationally recognized secure borders, in accordance with the provisions of resolutions adopted by the United Nations”concluded the statement.

Source: Elcomercio