Sakamoto analyzes the death of Palestinians in humanitarian action

Guest from the bench Journal of Culture last Friday (1st), the journalist and doctor in political science Leonardo Sakamoto stated that the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians during a riot at a humanitarian aid action amount to a “war crime”.

“This needs to be investigated and those responsible must be taken to international courts and punished. This is a war crime, it’s a crime against humanity, it’s genocide, it’s carnage, it’s ethnic cleansing, whatever you want to call it. But, while we keep discussing the name of this, this type of situation continues to happen”, said the journalist.

Last Thursday (29), at least 112 Palestinians died during a riot. O Hamas accuses Israeli soldiers of shooting into a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.

Israel admitted that it shot people in the crowd, but said the shots were used to quell the confusion. The Israeli army spokesman, Daniel Hagarisaid that most Victims were trampled or run over by trucks trying to leave the commotion.

“We saw a group of hungry people who were killed, either by gunfire from Israeli soldiers or run over by trucks carrying food. This is unspeakable, just as Hamas’ terrorist attack against the people of Israel was unspeakable.l”, commented Sakamoto.

The guest from the newspaper bench also stated that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is bringing Gaza down and classified the Israeli Prime Minister as “Lord of War” It is “genocidal”.

Find out more about the topic in the article that aired last Friday (1st) in Jornal da Cultura: