“We cannot admit that Brazilian civilians continue to be threatened in a region where military massacres are taking place,” said the PT president
Gleisi Hoffmann, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Gaza Strip
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247 The national chairman of the PT, Bundestag member Gleisi Hoffmann (PR), called this Friday (3) for the release of the Brazilian hostages in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The parliamentarian said: “We cannot admit that Brazilian civilians remain under threat in a region where military massacres are taking place.” A group of 34 people (24 Brazilians and 10 Palestinians) are waiting for permission to leave Gaza , to travel to Egypt (African continent) and embark for Brazil.
“For the third time, the Israeli government refused to allow Brazilian citizens to leave the country who were threatened by the massacre of civilians in the Gaza Strip. And she offered no explanation for this attitude, which discriminates against a country, Brazil, with which there are historical relations.” with the State of Israel. A country that, at the head of the UN Security Council, has made every effort to find a negotiated solution to the conflict. Regrettably, the Israeli government is signaling that it has established a political hierarchy for the release of civilians that privileges some countries to the detriment of others. Just as we defend the release of Israeli hostages, we cannot admit that Brazilian civilians remain under threat in a region where military massacres are taking place. Freedom now for Brazilians in Gaza,” explained the PT member on the social network X, formerly Twitter.
On October 7, members of the Islamic group Hamas launched a rocket attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing and kidnapping people in neighboring Israeli communities. Israeli forces ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than two million people, cutting off supplies of water, food and fuel. The blockade was later eased to allow trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip.
In the last 24 hours, an Israeli attack hit the entrance to Gaza’s alShifa hospital and ambulances transporting injured people to the region’s south, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. This Friday, Israeli forces said they had surrounded the largest city in the Gaza Strip.