PNN – The Palestinian Environmental Protection Organization announced: Since the beginning of its aggression on October 7, 2023, the Israeli army has dropped more than 85,000 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from “Sama” news agency, the Palestinian Environmental Protection Organization added in a statement: This amount of bombs that the Zionist army dropped on the Gaza Strip is more than the number of bombs that were used in the Second World War.
In this statement, which was issued on the occasion of the “International Day for the Prevention of Environmental Destruction in Wars and Armed Conflicts”, it is stated: The continuous bombing of the Gaza Strip by the Zionist regime causes the destruction of large areas of agricultural land and the contamination of the soil with toxic chemicals.
Pointing out that the use of white phosphorus in missiles targets the components of the environment and causes serious damage to the environment and human life, the Palestinian Environmental Protection Organization added: The Zionist regime has used all kinds of prohibited weapons and rockets containing white phosphorus in its continuous attacks on the Gaza Strip.
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Palestine Environmental Protection said about the West Bank that Colonies (Zionist settlements) and military barracks of the Zionist army are a great danger to the Palestinian environment, because large areas of West Bank land are subject to occupation, digging, uprooting of trees and overgrazing.
This statement pointed out that the waste from the barracks of the Zionist regime in the West Bank causes damage to water sources and air pollution, and as a result, aggravates the destruction of the environment, adding: It is estimated that the settlements (Zionist settlements) annually pump about 40 million cubic meters of untreated sewage into the Palestinian territories.
The Palestinian Environmental Protection Agency emphasized that Environmental protection is not just a secondary option or a marginal issue, but a fundamental right that is related to the right to have a clean and safe environment free from pollution.
The statement added: Any negligence or neglect of this right exposes humanity to catastrophic consequences that threaten the future of the environment with real danger and are difficult to compensate for.
The Zionist regime, with the support of the United States, has launched a devastating war against the residents of the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, as a result of which, in addition to massive destruction and deadly famine, more than thousands of Palestinians, most of whom are women and children, have been martyred and injured.
Despite all these crimes, the Zionist regime has admitted that after 12 months of war, it has not yet been able to achieve its goals of this war, namely the destruction of the Hamas movement and the return of the Zionist prisoners from the Gaza Strip.