Iraqi Parliament submits protest note to UNAMI Human Rights Office
The Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, Iraq. Photo: Reuters
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Parliament announced on Thursday that it submitted an official protest note to the UNAMI Human Rights Office, describing the events in Gaza as crimes of genocide and referring it to the International Criminal Court.
The Iraqi Parliament mentioned in a statement that the Parliamentary Committee for Human Rights submitted the protest note and condemned the Israeli blatant attack on the Al-Mamdani Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
The step comes two days after Israeli airstrikes targeted the hospital in central Gaza, leaving at least 500 people dead, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza.
Following the attack carried out by Hamas on October 7, Israel established a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and continued heartless bombing, pushing almost half of Gaza’s 2.3 million population from their homes and leading to a humanitarian catastrophe as food, fuel, and water supplies are critically low.
According to Palestinian sources, more than 3,000 people have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 12,500 have been injured because of Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Israeli officials said that 1,400 people have been killed and 3,500 have been injured in rocket launches and terror acts by Hamas.