US politicians called for a “ceasefire in Gaza”

Members of the US House of Representatives held a press conference in front of the Congress building in Washington, the capital, and called for a “ceasefire in Gaza.”

Speaking here, US House of Representatives member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said: “We are very clear about what the ceasefire is tonight. A ceasefire means that the shelling stops now. Ceasefire means defending the innocent. “We will not be afraid,” she said.

House member Cori Bush also stated that more than 11,000 people lost their lives in Gaza, two-thirds of whom were women and children. Stating that her own son was born prematurely and that those days came to mind when she saw premature babies in Gaza, Bush said: “We mourn the deaths of babies abandoned to their fate and patients on ventilators.”

House member Jonathan Jackson commented on the situation in Gaza that “we are currently facing the largest refugee crisis in the world.”

CRITICISM OF THE OFFER

Rashida Tlaib, a member of the House of Representatives of Palestinian origin, criticized the Biden administration in her speech, saying: “Millions of people in our country are currently horrified by how the (Biden) government supports the collective punishment of Palestinians. , while the Israeli government commits war crimes by cutting off water, food and vital medical support. “At the same time, our president (Biden) is dismayed when he calls on Congress to drop more bombs on civilians.”

Jamaal Bowman, a member of the US House of Representatives, said: “I think Congress and the White House are corrupt in terms of violence. Because otherwise, how can we allow the current blockade of Gaza and the collective punishment of 4,000 Palestinian children and civilians?” he made the assessment of it.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED SINCE OCTOBER

While Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on the morning of October 7, claiming that Israel was “responding to its continued violations against the Palestinians and their sacred values, especially the Masjid al-Aqsa”, the Israeli army also launched intense airstrikes against the Gaza Strip. The bombing began.

Israel announced that 1,200 Israelis, including 365 soldiers, have been killed and 5,132 people have been injured since October 7, 46 of them in clashes inside the Gaza Strip and 6 in the north, on the Lebanese border.

According to Israel, there are 239 Israeli prisoners held by the Qassam Brigades.

According to the Gaza government, the death toll exceeded 11,240, of which at least 4,630 were children and 3,130 were women.

In the West Bank and Jerusalem, Israeli forces and Jewish settlers killed 193 Palestinians.
The Israeli army attacked the campuses or main buildings of dozens of Gaza hospitals, where tens of thousands of wounded and civilians took refuge, to force their evacuation. Hundreds of people were killed and injured in the attacks.

74 Hezbollah members have been killed in clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah since October 8. (AA)