CAIRO: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has said killing of Palestinians and displacing them from their homeland cannot be accepted.
Doha-based Al Jazeera TV on Sunday reported that emir termed the Palestinian cause as an issue of principle.
The health ministry in the Gaza Strip on Sunday reported that the death toll has reached 23,968, mostly women and children, in the Palestinian territory over the course of 100 days of relentless Israeli bombardments since October 7. The ministry has recorded 60,582 wounded as a result of the continuous Israeli attacks.
Meanwhile Mads Gilbert, a physician who has worked in Gaza, talking to Al Jazeera, said today’s milestone is an opportunity to recognize the health workers who continue to put their lives in danger.
He said it is a day to salute the very brave Palestinian healthcare workers, the doctors, the nurses, the paramedics, the medical students all over Gaza who have risked and are risking their lives to alleviating the suffering of the people of the area.
According to the United Nations some 1.87 million Palestinians, over 80 percent of Gaza’s population, have left their homes because of the Israeli bombardment of the besieged enclave.
In November Qatar helped broker weeklong cease-fire of the Gaza war during which 106 Israeli captives and 240 Palestinian prisoners were freed.
The Israeli raids have almost destroyed entire neighborhoods in northern Gaza. Israeli ground troops have been facing heavy resistance from Hamas fighters in the area.
