The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration and the international community to demand that the far-right Israeli government allow the entry of mobile homes and other makeshift housing to Gaza after six newborn babies reportedly died of exposure.
At least six children have reportedly died due to the severe cold in Gaza. Five of them died in the Friends of the Patient Hospital in the Remal neighborhood of Gaza City, while the sixth child died in the city of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
One of the victims, a baby girl called Sham, was just a few days old. The Israeli government has blocked the entry of mobile homes and other forms of makeshift housing into Gaza, where most buildings have been either severely damaged or reduced to rubble during Israel’s genocidal campaign.
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In a statement, CAIR Deputy Executive Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said:
“The Israeli government’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has left most of its population homeless. To block the entry of temporary housing so that returning Palestinians, including infants, die of exposure is entirely unconscionable. The Trump administration and the international community must take immediate action to force the Israeli government to allow desperately-needed housing supplies to enter Gaza.”
He noted that yesterday, CAIR responded to a report published by Addameer on the Ofer Camp, an Israeli detention facility where Palestinian detainees were reportedly tortured and starved.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, [email protected]; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, [email protected]