JAKARTA - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that Israeli military checkpoints have become "death checkpoints," which are systematically used by the occupation authorities as a tool to oppress the Palestinian people and endanger their lives.
The ministry said Israel was fully responsible for the death of four-month-old Palestinian baby Ahmad Marouf Zaid, after Israeli occupation forces detained him at a military checkpoint and prevented him from receiving much-needed medical treatment.
In a statement, the ministry said Israeli occupation forces committed a heinous crime at the entrance to the village of Deir Ammar, west of Ramallah, after closing the iron gate at the entrance to the village and blocking vehicles carrying baby Ahmad Marouf Zaid - who suffered from severe oxygen deficiency and seizures - to reach the hospital, quoted from WAFA (6/7).
The vehicle was detained for more than an hour despite the baby's critical condition, causing him to die while waiting for permission to pass, the ministry continued.
A four-month-old Palestinian baby died Sunday night after Israeli forces prevented his family for more than an hour from taking him to a hospital west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said.
The ministry further condemned the crime, describing it as part of Israel's deliberate and systematic policy targeting Palestinian children, as documented by reports issued by the independent international commission of inquiry, UN bodies, and international human rights organizations.
The ministry emphasized that the impunity that Israeli perpetrators continue to enjoy only encourages the occupation authorities to commit further violations against the Palestinian people.
The death of baby Ahmad Marouf Zaid is another link in the continuing chain of crimes targeting Palestinian civilians, especially children, and is a joint crime that further adds to the record of serious violations of international law and international humanitarian law committed by Israel.
The ministry reiterated that it would continue political, diplomatic, and legal efforts in various international forums to pursue those responsible for this crime and ensure that they are held accountable, while seeking to secure international protection for the Palestinian people and their children.
The ministry also called on the international community to shoulder its legal and moral responsibilities by taking effective and urgent steps to stop the crime of occupation, end its impunity, and seek to end the Israeli occupation as the root cause of these crimes, in a way that guarantees the realization of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
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