The Euro-Med Movement urges the international community to take immediate and concrete steps to stop the aggression against the Palestinian people, and protect innocent Palestinian lives.
Within the past hours, Israeli military forces have killed 14 human beings, including 7 members of the same family, 3 of whom are children (aged one, three, and ten). The Palestinian family had been enjoying a day out at the Sudaniyya seaside in the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, 9 June, when an Israeli navy vessel fired 3 shells at them, leaving all but one member of the family dead. 7 other Palestinians were killed in various Israeli raids across the Gaza Strip, in addition to at least 40 injuries.
Initial Israeli reactions to the brutal act at Sudaniyya have dismissed the seriousness of the murders by adopting ambiguous and misleading language.
Israel's "purpose" behind the attacks will not reverse the fact that 7 innocent Palestinian civilians have been killed; that 7 unarmed human beings were directly targeted by a military gunboat; that, practically, an entire Palestinian family has been wiped out by the Israeli army, not for posing any threat to Israel's security, not for carrying out "terrorist" attacks against Israel, but for simply attempting to enjoy one day together at the beach.
The Euro-Med Movement urges the international community, in particular the Middle East Quartet, to take immediate measures to protect Palestinian civilians, and to end the economic and diplomatic isolation of the Palestinian people.
EURO-MED MOVEMENTP.O. BOX 580VALLETTA