In a statement on Wednesday this week, Amnesty International issued a statement regarding the consequences of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and Storm Byron, which exposed the enclave’s destruction further as dwellings already bombed collapsed, tents flooded and more Palestinians died.

Guevara Rosas noted that both Israel’s ongoing genocide and refusal to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza have compounded the consequences of flooding.

“The devastation and deaths caused by the storm in Gaza provide yet another wakeup call to the international community, paid for with the lives of people who had managed to survive two years of Israel’s ongoing genocide,” Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s senior director for research, advocacy, policy and campaigns, stated.

Is it a wakeup call, though? There is a certain selfishness in having Palestinians in Gaza suffer just for the world to have a wakeup call and........

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