The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the far-right Israeli government’s latest war crime in Gaza after at least five patients died when their oxygen ran out as Khan Younis’ Nasser Hospital was stormed by Israeli troops in violation of international humanitarian law.
SEE: 5 patients die as oxygen runs out in Gaza hospital seized by Israeli forces – AP
Israel has already killed almost 30,000 people, mainly women and children, in Gaza.
In a statement, CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said:
“By systematically destroying Gaza’s health care system, and leaving patients – including infants – to die, Israel’s far-right government is once again demonstrating its genocidal intent to all who are willing to see. The Biden administration must act, and act now, to stop these ongoing war crimes and to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire.”
Earlier this week, CAIR called on the U.S. Department of State to investigate new allegations that forces of the far-right Israeli government are torturing Palestinian detainees and allowing Israeli civilians to witness and record video footage of the abuses on their cell phones.
Washington, D.C., based CAIR also issued an urgent call to action for every American citizen to voice their opposition to any U.S. House bill allocating unconditional military aid to Israel.
CAIR condemned the Senate’s “shameful” vote to approve $14 billion in unconditional military aid for the far-right Netanyahu government’s ongoing genocide in Gaza that has killed almost 30,000 Palestinians – mostly women and children.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com