On Tuesday, September 16, Israel's army began the Gaza offensive, the largest city of the Gaza Zone. It happened after weeks of intensive fire and attacks. The new offensive caused a panic and another wave of escapes of Palestinians from the city.
The Israeli plan assumes the displacement of the entire Gaza, of the population of about a million people, to the south. According to the army, about 400,000 have left the city. people.
See also: Further victims of the Israeli offensive. Among the whole families and children killed
Tusk was asked on Monday at a press conference in Sierakowice (Pomeranian Voivodeship) for an opinion on Israel's activities in the Gaza Strip. The prime minister said that “Terrible things are happening there and people responsible for this will also have to suffer the consequences.”
– It has no explanation. I have been for years and I am very consistent, I will always be a spokesman for the interests of the State of Israel in their confrontations with terrorism. There is nothing to discuss here either. We all know that the beginning of this conflict is the crime of Hamas on the civilian population of Israel. We know this. We know under what pressure from Iran and some Arab countries and terrorists Israel has been functioning for many, many years. But what is happening in gas is absolutely unacceptable – said Tusk.
– It ruins the image and history of Israel's efforts and the state of Israel. The crime must be called by name. And as I said, there is no excuse to kill children, for the charity of civilian population. And the fact that Hamas is responsible for whether it is co -responsible, yes – we know. And this is still not an excuse for what Israel decided in gas itself – said the head of government.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the offensive undertaken by Israel in the Gaza Zone after Hamas attack in 2023 Over 65,000 have died so far. Palestinians, and over 165,000 were injured. There is a humanitarian crisis, including hunger, and mass displacements can worsen the tragic situation of civilians. Assistance organizations and media alert that not everyone has the opportunity, strength and means to leave Gaza. They also warn that there are no safe places in the whole zone now, attacks in the south of the Israeli army as the “Humanitarian Zone” are also threatened with attacks.
The new offensive was criticized, among others UN, European Union or Great Britain. The Israeli government, in turn, emphasizes that Gaza is a bastion of Hamas and its acquisition is necessary to defeat this Palestinian terrorist organization. Israel ruling the Gaza Hamas zone on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people. Nearly 65,000 died in Israeli retaliation. Palestinians.
