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Titolo: Rights groups: Israel violating international law

Rights groups: Israel violating international law 
Joint statement issued by Palestinian, Israeli organizations calls on
Jewish state to immediately lift all restrictions imposed on transfer of
fuel, goods into Gaza Strip 'for which is it responsible by proxy of the
occupation laws'
Aviram Zino 
Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations issued a joint
statement Tuesday, demanding that Israel lift all the restrictions imposed
on the transfer of fuel into the Gaza Strip. 
 
According to the statement, these restrictions "severely and
unprecedentedly harm the health and welfare of the Strip's residents,"
while "seriously violating international law." 
In the statement, the groups expressed their "deep concern and harsh
protest in light of the systematic harm caused to vital civil systems in
the Gaza Strip, which are facing a complete collapse due to the limitation
of the amounts of fuel Israel has been allowing the residents and
institutions in the Gaza Strip to purchase for six months now. 
 
"The fuel shortage in the Gaza Strip, which is under Israeli occupation
and which Israel is responsible for by proxy of occupation laws, harms the
electricity production in the Strip, as well as the activity of hospitals,
private and public transportation, the water pumps and sewerages. 
 
"The shortage damages the social and economic basic needs of the 1.5
million residents of Gaza," the statement said. 
 
The rights organizations also mentioned the harm caused to Israeli
civilians, calling on "militant groups in Gaza to refrain from attacking
civilians, including in the crossings through which fuel, food and other
goods are transferred into the Gaza Strip." 
 
In the beginning of the month, a leading health organization said that
dozens of Gaza residents have died waiting for medical treatment because
of delays to obtain permits to enter Israel, combined with a crumbling
health system in Gaza.
 
The United Nation's World Health Organization listed 32 cases since
October last year in which Gaza residents, ranging from a 1-year-old child
to a 77-year-old man, died because they could not obtain urgent medical
treatment.
 
 
Six were waiting for Israeli authorities to issue a permit to enter,
according to the WHO report. It said others were denied permits because
they were considered a security risk to Israel - including a 65-year-old
woman. Others had obtained a permit but died while waiting for security
coordination to cross into Israel, the report said.
 
Colonel Nir Press, head of Israel's Coordination and Liaison
Administration for Gaza, said it was impossible to speed up the permit
process because of security needs. 'They (Hamas) use humanitarian needs to
attack us. We have to check every request,'' Press said.
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truppe cinesi ammazzano e sparano sui civili... ma questo non lo posti, 
scemastro?!