West Bank Rises in Solidarity with Gaza and Prisoners, Denounces
Genocide and Starvation by the Zionist Occupation
Cities
and towns across the occupied West Bank witnessed mass protests and public
rallies on Sunday in support of Gaza’s steadfastness and in condemnation of the
starvation policies and acts of genocide perpetrated by the Zionist occupation
against civilians in the besieged strip. Demonstrators also expressed
solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
These
popular movements were part of the activities marking the “National and
International Day of Solidarity with Gaza and the Prisoners.” Participants
raised banners denouncing the brutal aggression of the occupation and its
crimes of forced displacement and starvation, while calling for urgent
international action to halt the ongoing massacres and violations.
In
Tubas, residents and former prisoners took part in a solidarity vigil, raising
placards condemning the genocide in Gaza and the systematic war waged by the
Israeli prison authorities against Palestinian detainees.
Similar
rallies were held in Ramallah and Nablus, where demonstrators voiced their
unwavering support for besieged Gaza and rejected the occupation’s starvation
tactics affecting over two million Palestinians. They stressed that
international silence in the face of such crimes amounts to complicity in the
aggression.
In
Tulkarm, large marches were organized in support of the prisoners and in
denunciation of the racist policies and daily crimes committed by the
occupation against civilians in Gaza.
Genocidal Crimes Against Civilians and Prisoners
Since
October 7, 2023, the Zionist occupation has continued its bloody assault on the
Gaza Strip, killing over 60,430 people and injuring 148,722 others—most of them
children and women. More than 11,000 individuals remain missing amid widespread
destruction and famine, which alone has claimed the lives of at least 1,422
people, mostly children.
According
to Palestinian prisoner advocacy organizations, over 10,800 Palestinians are
currently held in Israeli prisons, including 49 women and more than 450
children. Approximately 3,630 are administrative detainees, while the
occupation has classified over 2,450 detainees from Gaza as “unlawful
combatants.”
Since
the beginning of the war, at least 75 prisoners have died in Israeli custody
due to torture and ill-treatment, including 46 detainees from Gaza. Israeli
authorities continue to withhold the bodies of 72 martyred prisoners and refuse
to disclose the identities and circumstances surrounding the deaths of dozens
more—amounting to a full-fledged crime of enforced disappearance.
(Source:
Agencies)
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