1. United States
  2. Calif.
  3. Letter

At Least 56,348 Children in Gaza Are Now Orphans

To: Sen. Padilla, Rep. Jacobs, Sen. Schiff

From: A constituent in San Diego, CA

October 6

After two years of what the United Nations, Amnesty International, and top legal experts deem a genocide, Israel has wiped out every single member of at least 2,700 families in Gaza, with at least 56,348 children losing one or both of their parents. Experts continue to stress that current death tolls are gross underestimates. 90% of the Gaza Strip has been totally destroyed by Israel, which controls more than 80% of the territory through ground invasion, armed attacks, and forced displacement orders. Israel has dropped more than 200,000 tonnes of explosives on Gaza – and has bombed the so-called “safe zone” of al-Mawasi at least 136 times. In just 2 years, Israel has killed over 67,000 Palestinians, including: At least 1,015 babies under one year old 1,670 medical staff 254 journalists Israel has bombed 38 hospitals out of commission, destroyed another 96 healthcare centres, and targeted 197 ambulances and 61 civil defence vehicles. Over 835 mosques have been destroyed and 180 damaged, with 3 churches being targeted multiple times. 40 cemeteries have been destroyed by Israel, and hundreds of bodies taken. The total value of initial direct damages as a result of the genocide is estimated at $70bn, including $28bn worth of damage to housing, $5bn to healthcare, and $4bn to the education sector. After two years of genocide in Gaza, Israel continues to kill, injure, starve, and forcibly displace Palestinians every single day without consequence. The time for condemnation has long passed; you must act immediately to stop the extermination of the Palestinian people. You must: Impose full, comprehensive sanctions on Israel. Enforce a complete two-way trade embargo, ending all import and export activity. Immediately end all arms sales and intelligence cooperation. Ensure unimpeded access for aid and humanitarian organisations, and suspend GHF’s deadly “aid” sites. Unrecognise Israel

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