Palestinians look at the debris of tents following an Israeli military strike on the al-Mawasi camp for internally displaced people near the city of Khan Younis on Saturday [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are observing a general strike in protest against Israel’s war on Gaza, denouncing Saturday’s attack on a designated safe zone of al-Mawasi that killed at least 90 people and injured some 300 others.
Most cities in the West Bank joined the general strike on Sunday against Israel’s air attack on the refugee camp west of Khan Younis. Palestinians also protested on Saturday night in the cities of Jenin, Hebron and Tubas to condemn the devastating war.
Local Palestinian social media accounts shared videos on Sunday morning showing shops closing in Jenin, the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, and Tulkarem in response to calls for the strike.
#شاهد | إضراب في مدينة جنين تنديدا بمجزرتي الاحتلال في خانيونس ومخيم الشاطئ. pic.twitter.com/lOp3VgaPxw
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 14, 2024
Translation: A strike in the city of Jenin to denounce the occupation massacres in Khan Younis and the Shati camp.
Reporting from Ramallah, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh said Palestinians feel that this is “the bare minimum” they can do “to express solidarity, to feel that they are doing something to stand by their fellow Palestinians in Gaza as they feel helpless”, while at the same time “confronting” Israeli raids imposed on several cities in occupied West Bank since October 7.
“That reality of occupation and relentless war happening in Gaza, [as well as] raids and home demolitions and confiscation of land happening here in the West Bank is coming full-circle in this expression of solidarity,” said Odeh, adding that apart from the sentiment, the strikes are unlikely to have any effect.
Source: Al Jazeera
