Palestine Needs Actions Not Words

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JAKARTA - Forced to leave his home due to a seven-month Israeli attack on Gaza, Salwa al-Masri had little hope that his suffering would end in the decision of the International Court (ICJ).

ICJ ordered Israel to stop its attack on Rafah.

The slaughter is increasing, he said, while cooking food on the fire open outside the tent in Deir al-Balah, reported by Reuters on Saturday, May 25.

"They shouldn't say one thing, even though their actions are different," said Masri, who left his home in northern Gaza at the start of the war. We want this decision to be implemented in the field.

Hamas fighters killed about 1,200 people in Israel in an October 7 attack and kidnapped about 250 others, according to Israeli tallies.

Gaza's health authorities say more than 35,000 Palestinians have died in Israel's retaliatory attacks that destroyed most of the enclave.

Israel rejects South African accusations that it committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war, citing them acting to defend themselves and fight Hamas.

"Israel doesn't care about the world, they act as if they are above the law because the US government protects them from punishment," said Shaban Abdel-Raouf, a Palestinian who has fled four times as a result of an Israeli attack.

"The world is not ready to stop our massacre at the hands of Israel," Abdel-Raouf said.

Israel began carrying out attacks on Rafah earlier this month, saying it aims to destroy the remaining Hamas fighters hiding there.

Israel's attacks simultaneously in northern and southern Gaza this month have led to the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians leaving their homes, and cut off the main access route to aid, thereby increasing the risk of starvation.