2024-08-04 10:18:41
Among the dozens of Palestinian flags, a handful of Hamas flags sit next to photographs of a few anonymous people, who are among the nearly 10,000 Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons. Saturday August 3, in Ramallah, this exhibition, organized in various cities in the West Bank to support them, Every year together in the unique way of all those who are important in the region: “anti-terrorist” campaign. » organized by the Israeli army, during which many hundreds of civilians have been killed since the bloody attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, constantly harassed by settlers throughout the occupied territory and 40,000 deaths, most of them civilians, in nine months of war in Gaza.
In Al-Manarah Square in Ramallah, a few people came to voice their anger. The day before, already, call for a “day of wrath”, broadcast by Hamas, in the following small. Like those “general strike”was ordered following the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismaïl Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, which followed that of senior Hezbollah official Fouad Chokr in Beirut a few hours ago.
In the West Bank today, it is a worry that seems to have taken hold. Everyone mentions the Israeli military operation where, that very morning in Tulkarem, nine people, including the Hamas leader, were killed in two drone attacks, which took place a few hours apart. ” We must continue to support each other in this very difficult time for all Palestinians, in Gaza, in Israeli prisons and here “, emphasized Nassif Al-Deek, a demonstrator.
Food reservations
Close to the response announced from Iran and Lebanon, after the death of Ismaïl Haniyeh and Fouad Chokr, the atmosphere in the largest city in the West Bank is one of concern. It is rather time to ” mixed feelings », sums up Sama Fisent Aweidah, 65 years old, who came from Jerusalem for the event, balancing between hope and despair in the face of the progress of the conflict.
Despite the hopes of a possible response to the Israeli attacks, the leader of the women’s organization Women Studies Center (women’s training center) feared future reactions from the Jewish state. On August 1, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel would receive a ” a very high price for any act of aggression.” Today, Sama Fiez Aweidah, like many of her acquaintances, is stockpiling food and water containers to face any eventuality. You’re scared” even more horrors “, he explained, referring to the terrible bombings in Gaza and to the regular operations of the Israeli army in the West Bank.
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