Except Ingargiola Gennaro Giudetti He's a raging river. His words, one after the other, almost without a moment's silence, reconstruct the most inhumane and criminal face of Israel. The conference he's speaking at is in the Senate, dedicated to the humanitarian activities of Music for Peace: his voice and his story stand out among the speakers.
Gennaro, who started from volunteer with Operation Dove, today is a WHO (World Health Organization) humanitarian worker).
In Gaza it was as a “bridge” between WHO and local authorities to deliver medicines, equipment and medical devices to health facilities. He spent nine months in the Gaza Strip and he did testifying on social channels what he saw During his experience. He courageously recounted what he experienced every day, expressing his outrage at Israel's abuses. And likely, for this reason, has now been refused an entry visa by Israel.
"What you see on TV and social media in Gaza is just a small part of it; the real situation there is much worse," he begins. "I hope that sooner or later the press can get in and document what's happening. I've been working in war zones for 15 years, and the intensity of the bombing in Gaza is unthinkable. I've never seen it, not even in Afghanistan, Syria, or Yemen," he emphasizes.
Giudetti explains that, to date, There are only two entry channels for humanitarian aid into the Strip: one is in the north, Zikim, the other is in the south, Kerem Shalom.
Most of the aid goes through through the southern gate but “under the absolute control of Israel”. Nothing can enter without first being monitored. All trucks are scanned. Once the humanitarian truck enters and remains in this “large parking lot” which Giudetti describes like a military base, where there are Israeli soldiers“Once the pallets of aid are unloaded, the Tel Aviv military opens them one by one,” he says. “I was physically there,” he adds.
His eyes widen, his voice doesn't stop for a second. When the Israelis open the boxes, the products inside often fly into the air, and that's when the desperate assault by the civilian population begins. That's why, as he explains to us:, the road that leads from Kerem Shalom towards the centre of the Gaza Strip, is called by many the “humanitarian cemetery”.
Israel carries out checks, deciding what to allow in and what not. "A dual list is used," Giudetti continues, "one for civilian use and the other for military use." If the materials fall under this list, aid doesn't enter Gaza. The problem is that this list includes everything: cement, batteries, generators ("everything that can contribute to the reconstruction of Gaza is blocked") but also, and above all, "the chlorine needed to sanitize water in hospitals, cancer drugs, and prosthetics."
For this very reason, medical evacuations become essential: the Palestinian Ministry of Health authorizes them. It was during one of these “humanitarian trips”, a medical transfer of patients out of Gaza, a bombing took place"We had just gotten off the bus to leave that day, and during the night they hit the vehicle," Giudetti told us. Not only that, The Israelis “bombed the WHO warehouse with medicines and medical supplies three times. When they did it a third time, 3 million euros worth of medicines went up in smoke.
This means "humanitarian cemetery." This is all part of Israel's genocidal plan.