Angelina Jolie spoke up on her Instagram Page as she condemned the brutely incursion on the Jabalia refugee camp. She stressed that according to her longtime work with the UN which supports refugees, her only focus is on the people who are displaced as she urged for a ceasefire.
she shared a photo of the devastating camp denouncing what’s happening against Palestinians and explaining the aftermath. She also deplores depriving Gaza of Food, medical aid, and electricity. She touted that siege with “Collectively punishment“.She wrote in a post on Instagram: “This is the deliberate bombing of a trapped population who have nowhere to flee. Gaza has been an open-air prison for nearly two decades and is fast becoming a mass grave. “She stated that 40% of casualties are innocent children and whole families are being murdered.
She added: “While the world watches and with the active support of many governments, Millions of Palestinian civilians are being collectively punished and dehumanized.”
“By refusing to demand a humanitarian ceasefire and blocking the Un Security Council from imposing one on both parties, World leaders are complicit in these crimes,” she said. The post got positive feedback as most of the people’s comments were supportive and praised her Courage to speak up and to be a voice for voiceless people.
This came after Israel’s air strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp as they claimed that they were targeting Hamas, the death toll was estimated at 50 people, and 150 were injured, according to the Hamas Health Ministry.
A video footage showed that 47 bodies were pulled out of the rubble and people are searching for the survivors, according to AFP.
Israel emphasized that it was the second phase of its war against Hamas as they retaliated on the October 7 attack of Hamas against Israel.
Most Notably, Jabalia refugee camp is the largest of the Gaza Strip’s eight refugee camps. After the 1048 war, refugees settled in the camp, most having fled from southern Palestine. The camp covers an area of only 1.4 square Kilometers. 166.011 Palestine refugees are registered in this camp, according to
UNRWA.
8,525 Palestinians, including 3,542 children, were killed on the 25th day of conflict, according to Hamas health ministry figures issued before the strikes on Jabalia.
Angelina Jolie is An American Actress, known for her charity work and support for refugees. She has spent nearly two decades working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR.) She began her work with the organization as a goodwill ambassador and traveled to Sierra Leone, Iraq, Thailand, and more to help find solutions for people who were forced to flee their homes. Jolie and her now ex-husband Brad Pitt created the Jolie-Pitt Foundation in 2006. It aims to aid humanitarian causes around the world.