{"id":5432,"date":"2018-08-29T10:52:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T10:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jfp.freedomflotilla.org\/?p=5432"},"modified":"2025-02-06T19:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:55:26","slug":"day-30-not-released-medical-supplies-for-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jfp.freedomflotilla.org\/no\/news\/day-30-not-released-medical-supplies-for-gaza","title":{"rendered":"DAY 30 – ISRAELI MILITARY HAS STILL NOT RELEASED 114 BOXES OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR GAZA"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is 30 days since the Israeli military stopped the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ship Al Awda and took control of the medical supplies for Gaza\u2026 For one month the Freedom Flotilla Coalition has demanded the immediate release of the\u00a0114 boxes and thousands of people from around the world have called Israeli embassies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in their countries demanding the release.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Please sign the petition<\/a> demanding that the Israeli military releases the boxes of medical supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The medical supplies are desperately needed in Gaza as Israeli snipers continue to kill and wound hundreds of Palestinians each week.<\/strong> On Friday 24 August 2018, using excessive lethal force against the peaceful protesters in eastern Gaza Strip for the 22<\/strong>nd<\/sup><\/strong>\u00a0Friday in a row<\/strong>, Israeli forces wounded 89 civilians, including 17 children, 2 women and 3 paramedics, after hitting them with live bullets and tear gas canisters. Five of those wounded sustained serious wounds and dozens of civilians suffered tear gas inhalation.<\/p>\n

According to the Palestine Centre for Human Rights<\/a> (PCHR), 130 Palestinians have been killed, including 23 children, 3 journalists, 2 para medics and 1 woman.\u00a0 <\/strong>Among those killed are three people with disabilities and a young girl.<\/p>\n

6,729 people have been wounded by gunfire including 1,140 children, 203 women, 78 journalists and 103 paramedics.\u00a0<\/strong>Among those wounded, 422 are in serious condition and 69 people have had lower or upper limbs amputated. Statistics of the injured only include those directly hit with bullets and tear gas canisters, but there are thousands of other people who have suffered tear gas inhalation and sustained bruises.<\/p>\n

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition continues to demand the immediate release of the\u00a0114 boxes of medical supplies (sterile gauze and sutures) for the health services of Gaza that were carried on the\u00a0Al Awda a<\/em>nd\u00a0Freedom<\/em>\u00a0boats of the 2018 Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, hijacked by Israeli forces on July 29 and August 3.\u00a0As Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Margot Wallstr\u00f6m\u00a0has stated, the cargo must be released, according to international law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please sign the petition<\/a>\u00a0demanding that the Israeli military releases the boxes of medical supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As we reminded the Israeli Government in our August 9, 2018 statement, international law requires the delivery of medical supplies. Article 23 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Geneva Convention IV, 1949) says that \u201cEach High Contracting Party shall allow the free passage of all consignments of medical and hospital stores \u2026 intended only for civilians of another High Contracting Party, even if the latter is its adversary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, the San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea\u00a0(12 June 1994) says in paragraph 104: \u201cThe blockading belligerent shall allow the passage of medical supplies for the civilian population or for the wounded and sick members of armed forces, subject to the right to prescribe technical arrangements, including search, under which such passage is permitted. Further, the Manual on the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict (2006),\u00a0says in point 2 in the commentary to Rule 2.3.10: \u201cBy extension, all objects indispensable to the survival of civilians should be protected, especially medications. The protection means that the enemy is not permitted to attack, destroy, remove, or render useless the aforementioned items.\u201dOur Israeli attorney, Gaby Lasky has been in contact with Israeli Occupation authorities to arrange delivery of the humanitarian medical supplies, but to date none have arrived in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Please sign the petition<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a sample letter that can be used to contact your Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/a> to demand that the State of Israel releases the boxes of medical supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On July 29, 2018 the Al Awda, a ship belonging to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and subsequently a second vessel, the Freedom, were brutally attacked by Israel Occupation Forces in International waters, resulting in injuries to five peaceful participants as well as the unlawful and unwarranted confiscation of the boats, intended to be gifted to fishers in Gaza, the illegal detention of participants and crew, and confiscation of their cargo of desperately needed medical supplies.\u00a0 These basic medical supplies were intended to be distributed to those on the front lines of Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n

International law requires the delivery of medical supplies. Article 23 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Geneva Convention IV, 1949) says that \u201cEach High Contracting Party shall allow the free passage of all consignments of medical and hospital stores \u2026 intended only for civilians of another High Contracting Party, even if the latter is its adversary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, the\u00a0 San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea (12 June 1994) says in paragraph 104: \u201cThe blockading belligerent shall allow the passage of medical supplies for the civilian population or for the wounded and sick members of armed forces, subject to the right to prescribe technical arrangements,
\nincluding search, under which such passage is permitted. Further, The Manual on the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict (2006), says in point 2 in the commentary to Rule 2.3.10: \u201cBy extension, all objects indispensable to the survival of civilians should be protected, especially medications. The protection means that the enemy is not
\npermitted to attack, destroy, remove, or render useless the aforementioned items.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallstr\u00f6m has written that\u00a0 “…. the behaviour of the Israeli authorities in relation to the Swedish flagged vessel Freedom and the persons on board lacks support in international law.” Furthermore she states that “The government has also demanded that the ship, its cargo and the persons that were on board should be released.”<\/p>\n

To date none of the cargo has arrived in Gaza.\u00a0 Full inventories of the medical supplies in each box have been provided previously to Israeli authorities and can be produced on request. We urge you to demand that the Israeli military immediately releases the 114 boxes of medical supplies and two fishing vessels to Gaza, as required by
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