In his social media put up marking 100 days of Israeli conflict, US secretary of state makes no point out of Palestinian deaths.
Palestine’s mission to the United Nations has criticised US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for not mentioning some 24,000 Palestinians killed within the Gaza Strip in his put up commemorating 100 days of Israel’s conflict.
“Shame on those who remain complicit and not call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Shame on them,” the mission mentioned in a put up on X, previously Twitter, on Monday.
Blinken’s social media put up on Sunday evening solely referred to the captives taken by Hamas, saying the US has vowed to carry them again since “100 days of captivity in Gaza is far too long”.
100 days and never a single point out of the practically 24,000 killed – 1/2 of that are kids. Disgrace on those that stay complicit and never name for an instantaneous ceasefire in Gaza. Disgrace on them @POTUS @SecBlinken @USUN https://t.co/kfsA1DrzZe
— State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) January 15, 2024
A complete of 24,100 Palestinians – together with greater than 9,600 kids – have been killed and about 61,000 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7, the day Hamas launched a shock assault contained in the Israeli territory.
Israeli authorities say Hamas fighters killed 1,139 those who day and took greater than 200 captives, of which about 132 stay in Gaza. On Sunday, a Reuters information company report, quoting Israeli officers, mentioned a minimum of 25 of them have died in captivity.
The opposite captives have been exchanged throughout a weeklong truce in November.
Even the White Home assertion marking the a centesimal day of the conflict on Gaza made no point out of Palestinian killings and displacement of residents.
Within the message, US President Joe Biden lamented the seize of the captives, stating that “for each of those 100 days, the hostages and their families have been at the forefront of my mind”.
Biden hailed the US efforts to carry again the captives and laid blame on Hamas for failing to increase a deal to return extra of them.
In the meantime, Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza continues with no indicators of abating, because the humanitarian disaster within the besieged enclave deepens and threats of a regional spillover of the conflict loom.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has mentioned the conflict will “continue until victory” however faces home stress over bringing the captives again.
World calls to finish the conflict proceed, with rallies held the world over and the US capital seeing one in every of its largest turnouts but.