Ukuhlasela kuka-Israel isibhedlela i-Al-Shifa eGaza City sekuyinto engokoqobo kanye nophawu lwakho konke okungalungile ngempi yayo neHamas.
Kwabanye kwa-Israel, sekuphenduke “ukuhlolwa kwe-litmus” kokusekelwa ngaphakathi kwezwe kanye nesilinganiso esibalulekile sombono womhlaba nokuqonda kwamazwe ngamazwe.
Kwabaningi ababukeleyo abagxile esimeni esivela phesheya, i-Al-Shifa yilokho iWorld Health Organization ebize ngakho ngokuthi “indawo yokufa.” Ukuphawula okufana nalokhu kuphakamise imibuzo ejulile mayelana nokuguguleka kwegunya lokuziphatha lakwa-Israel engxenyeni yomhlaba lapho ukuziphatha komphakathi kusezindebeni zawo wonke umuntu kodwa kubonakala kancane kakhulu ezenzweni zansuku zonke.
Okwaqala njengempendulo yezempi eqondakalayo ekuhlaselweni okunyantisayo kwangomhla ziyisi-7 kuMfumfu sekuphenduke isiteleka esiqhubekayo, esiklanywe ngamabomu, nesibulalayo ezikhungweni zezibhedlela, izinsizakalo, kanye neziguli ezingalwi—kokubili ngokungenelela okuqinile kwezempi nokulawulwa kwezinhlelo ezibalulekile zezibhedlela kanye izakhiwo.
Okubi kakhulu nokho, kuqubule isimangalo esingokokuziphatha nesingenamthetho esiphakanyiswe nguNdunankulu uBenjamin Netanyahu kanye nohulumeni wakhe sokuthi ukuzivocavoca kwe-Al-Shifa kunesizathu sokuqhubeka nokusongelwa yiHamas. Siyasiphikisa leso simangalo futhi sinikeza izincomo ukuze kuncishiswe inhlekelele ngezindlela ezinobuntu nezinentshisekelo yazo zonke izinhlangothi zokungqubuzana.
Ukusebenza okuqhubekayo kwamasosha akwa-Israel e-Al-Shifa kwenze isibhedlela sangaphephile ezigulini nakubasebenzi futhi sehlise inhlekelele engachazeki yabantu eGaza City nakuyo yonke indawo. Ngaphezu kokungenelela okuhlonyiwe, ukuvalwa kwengqalasizinda eyisisekelo yesibhedlela kanye nezinsiza zezokwelapha ezivamile—ugesi, uphethiloli, izidakamizwa, ukudla, nezinto ezidingekayo—kushiye izingane ezisanda kuzalwa zingenawo ama-incubator asebenzayo, iziguli ezihlinzayo ezilimele ngaphandle kwezibulala-zinzwa, kanye nezakhamuzi ezindala ngaphandle kokunakekelwa nokuvikeleka njalo. umuntu onesihawu angathemba.
Kusukela ngoNovemba 18, u-Israel kubikwa ukuthi weluleke iziguli ezikwazi ukuphuma esibhedlela ukuthi zenze kanjalo, okushiya isibalo esincane seziguli ezigula kakhulu nezilimele kakhulu.
Imisebenzi yakwa-Israeli yehlise isithunzi esiyigugu sezwe eliyigugu legunya lokuziphatha kanye nezimangalo ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe ngokufanisa ukuzivikela kwayo kwezempi nelungelo lokuthatha izinyathelo ezicasulayo kubantu abangenakuzivikela, abangamasosha ezibhedlela. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi amaqiniso ohlelo lwe-Al-Shifa agcina enyakaze kanjani—uma enza kanjalo—ukonakala kokuziphatha kwa-Israyeli kuyobe sekuvele kwayilimaza.
Kuze kube manje, isimangalo sika-Israyeli sokuthi i-Hamas isebenzise uhlelo lomhubhe ngaphansi kwesibhedlela ukuze uthole umyalo nokulawula kanye nokugcinwa kwezikhali akuzange kuboniswe ngokwanele. (I-Israel ayizange igomele ngokuthi i-Hamas isebenzisa imigudu yezempi.) Nokho, ukuze kucace kakhulu, noma kufanele kuvele ukuthi i-Hamas yasebenzisa imigudu ye-Al-Shifa ngezinjongo zempi, ukuzimisela okunjalo kwakungeke futhi kwakuzokwenza. singakuthetheleli ukuqondiswa kwesibhedlela ngokusekelwe esicelweni sokuzivikela.
Ukugomela kukaNetanyahu kuyi-National Public Radio—ukuthi kwakukhona “amaphekula amaningi lapho, kodwa abaleka njengoba amabutho ethu esondela esibhedlela,” nokuthi “sathola izikhali eziningi” kanye nesikhungo sokulawula nokulawula—akunabufakazi.
I-CNN ibike ukuhluleka okuqhubekayo ngasohlangothini lwe-IDF ukusekela izimangalo zayo. Kuphinde kwabikwa ukuthi ukuhlaziya ividiyo yenethiwekhi uqobo kuphakamisa ukuthi izithombe zezikhali ezifihliwe kungenzeka zishintshiwe. Ekugcineni, owayengundunankulu wakwa-Israel, u-Ehud Olmert, uyagomela ngokuthi isikhungo se-Hamas esingaphansi komhlaba sisezinze eKhan Yunis, idolobha eliseningizimu manje elihlaselwa yi-Israel.
UMathilde Philip-Gay, uchwepheshe wezomthetho wamazwe omhlaba e-Lyon 3 University eFrance, utshele muva nje. The Guardian ukuthi umthetho wezizwe ngezizwe wosizo lwabantu, njengoba ubekwe ezingqungqutheleni zase-Geneva, uhlinzeka ngokuthi “kwenqatshelwe ukuguqula izibhedlela eziqashelwayo zibe indawo yokungqubuzana. Kwenqatshelwe futhi ukusebenzisa izakhamuzi, abagulayo noma abalimele njengezihlangu zabantu, kuyicala lempi, njengoba kuliwa ngaphakathi esibhedlela.” Nakuba kuboniswa ngokucacile, ukusetshenziswa okuqhubekayo kwezempi kwemigudu ye-Hamas ngokumelene namabutho akwa-Israel kungase kunikeze isizathu sokusabela okulinganiselwe kwe-Israel, i-Israel ayizange isenze isimangalo esinjalo noma inikeze umboniso odingekayo.
Isixazululo esingcono kakhulu esitholakala kwa-Israyeli ngalesi sikhathi kungaba ukumemezela nokusebenzisa ukumiswa ngokushesha nokuphelele kokusebenza kwezempi ngokumelene ne-Al-Shifa nazo zonke izikhungo zezokwelapha eGaza. I-Israel kufanele ibuyisele insizakalo kagesi ephelele, ukuhlinzekwa kukaphethiloli, nokulethwa kwezidakamizwa nezinye izinto ezibalulekile ezihlanganisa amanzi, igazi, nokuxhumana.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kufanele icele usizo lwezinhlangano ezizimele ezisebenzela umphakathi, njengeDoctors Without Borders, Mercy Corps, kanye neqembu laseNorway le-Emergency Medical Team. Lezi zinhlangano zingenza ukuhlolwa kwezidingo namandla ezokwelapha, zinikeze usizo lwezokwelapha oluqondile e-Al-Shifa nakwezinye izikhungo, futhi ziqondise ukuhlinzekwa kabusha kwemishini yezokwelapha kanye nempahla kusukela emngceleni we-Rafah. Ingxenye ebalulekile yokuzibophezela kwa-Israyeli kuzoba ukuhlinzeka ngokuphepha kubasebenzi be-NGO abahlala futhi basebenza ezibhedlela nasezikhungweni zezokwelapha eGaza.
Njengoba i-US, i-UN, neminye imithombo eminingi ivumelana, iGaza ibhekene nenhlekelele yobuntu-lapho uNobhala Wezwe u-Antony Blinken engeze khona ukuthi iyinhlekelele. ku-Israyeli futhi hhayi nje abantu baseGaza. Ukuhlaselwa esibhedlela kungakhuphula isibalo sabashonile, sebengaphezu kuka-11,000 abashonile ngokusho kwama-akhawunti ashicilelwe Washington Post nakwezinye izindawo, kanye nokubaleka kwababaleki.
Futhi kulokho kuhlupheka kumele kwengezwe ukuhlukaniswa kwengxenye enhle yomphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe, igebe elikhulayo phakathi kuka-Israyeli ne-US mayelana nenqubomgomo yempi, nokwandiswa kwamathemba okuyeka ukudubula kanye nokukhululwa kwabathunjwa.
Mel Gurtov, ehlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, unguProfesa Emeritus Wesayensi Yezombangazwe e-Portland State University kanye namabhulogi at Ezithakazelweni Zomuntu.
Larry Kirsch isazi sezomnotho esibonisanayo esigxile kubulungiswa bezomnotho nezenhlalakahle, ukuvikelwa kwabathengi, kanye nezezimali zomphakathi.
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