The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC), of which the Liberation War Museum is a member, has strongly condemned and called for an immediate end to the ongoing violence in Gaza.
“What we are witnessing today in Gaza is a moral failure and a humanitarian disaster that will plunge the world into deeper polarization and renewed cycles of violence. In just over six weeks more than 12,000 thousand civilians have been killed in Gaza, including 5,000 children. Thousands are severely injured, unable to receive the medical care they need, and many more remain under rubble in need of rescue,” said a statement sent to members of the coalition.
“Patients, including premature babies, are dying in hospitals where basic medical care can no longer be provided because of Israel’s blockade and attacks on hospitals. And thousands of families are desperately awaiting news of loved ones who have been missing, abducted or killed,” it added.
The ICSC lamented that more than a month into this humanitarian crisis, the global community has been unsuccessful in preventing actions that are considered war crimes and crimes against humanity by the United Nations and prominent international human rights organizations. Many either ignore the situation or, in certain instances, actively endorse Israel's intensification of violence.
Stressing that violence never results in peace and security, the ICSC called for a comprehensive and immediate ceasefire, urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, the release of all Palestinians held arbitrarily in Israeli prisons, the release of all Israelis detained by Hamas, and the affirmation of equal rights for both Palestinians and Israelis.
