Embassy of the State of Palestine

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine strongly condemns the restrictions and arbitrary measures imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities on the freedom of movement and access to Jerusalem, which have denied thousands of Christian Palestinians their right to participate in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine affirms that the brutal bombing of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City by the Israeli occupying forces could not have occurred without the complicity and alarming inaction of the international community. Israel's targeting of hospitals and medical personnel are part of a systematic policy aimed at the complete destruction of all aspects of life in Gaza, turning it into an uninhabitable area in an attempt to forcibly displace the population.

The Ministry views these orders as part of the continued systematic acts of genocide against the Palestinian people and the killing of more innocent civilians, and confining them to an increasingly narrow area, paving the way for their forced displacement through starvation, thirst, denial of medical care, and the stripping of their most basic human rights.

This report documents the scale and intent of Israel’s ongoing atrocities which have caused catastrophic human, infrastructural, and environmental devastation in the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023.

The Palestinian Cabinet reaffirmed its ongoing intensive efforts to stop Israel's escalating crimes, and urged the international community to move beyond statements and take concrete international action, including through activating accountability mechanisms to end Israeli impunity.

UN Secretary-General: More than an entire month has passed without a drop of aid into Gaza... As aid has dried up, the floodgates of horror have re-opened. Gaza is a killing field – and civilians are in an endless death loop... The current path is a dead end – totally intolerable in the eyes of international law and history. And the risk of the occupied West Bank transforming into another Gaza makes it even worse. It is time to end the dehumanization, protect civilians, release the hostages, ensure lifesaving aid, and renew the ceasefire.

Israel’s actions in Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory are leading to a massacre of Palestinians, a group of UN experts warned. They recalled that States have clear obligations to ensure that Israel complies with international law: including putting an end to Israel’s genocide and other gross violations against Palestinians.

In a joint statement, the heads of the UN’s aid agencies warned that “we are witnessing acts of war in Gaza that show an utter disregard for human life,” with Israeli displacement orders forcing hundreds of thousands to flee – with nowhere safe to go. “With the tightened Israeli blockade on Gaza now in its second month, we appeal to world leaders to act – firmly, urgently and decisively – to ensure the basic principles of international humanitarian law are upheld."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine condemns the Israeli massacre at Dar Al-Arqam School in Gaza, where over 29 civilians - mostly children and women - were killed and more than 100 others. The Ministry further condemns the international community’s continued failure to act, warning that such inaction has reached the level of active complicity and poses a serious threat to both regional and global stability, and renews its call for immediate accountability and international protection for Palestinian civilians.

UN experts: More States must join the Hague Group, a bloc of states that is coordinating efforts to ensure accountability for Israeli breaches of international law and uphold decisions by the ICJ and the ICC; “If States fail to act, the multilateral system will be set back decades”.