‘Save Gaza, so we may all be saved by Gaza�: Palestine's deputy UN envoy urges action to end genocide
'We must dare and do what is necessary to end the genocide and break the siege,' Majed Bamya tells UN Security Council
People are running away as smoke and dust rise from the Israeli army's attacks on buildings evacuated by displaced Palestinians in the western Gaza Strip, following a warning from the Ansar area on May 23, 2025 in Gaza City, Gaza.
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The deputy permanent representative of Palestine to the UN on Friday called on the international community to "dare and do what is necessary" to stop the genocide in the Gaza Strip, urging immediate action to protect civilians.
"We must dare and do what is necessary to end the genocide and break the siege. Maybe then we can save the survivors. Save Gaza, so we may all be saved by Gaza. Save Gaza, save the children of Gaza, so we may all be saved by Gaza," Majed Bamya told a UN Security Council session on the safety of civilians, humanitarian and UN personnel, journalists, and enhancing accountability.
"For 20 months now, daily atrocities have occurred under our watch and before our very eyes," he said. "No protection for Palestinian civilians, all protection for Israeli perpetrators."
"Israel banned international media to prevent the images from reaching you, but Palestinian journalists and simple citizens recorded the crimes. They sometimes were killed for what they documented, and sometimes documented their very own death," he said.
Despite global solidarity with Gaza, Bamya said Palestinians have been left to suffer alone. “All this solidarity from across the globe, and yet, Gaza stands alone. We can't help a father begging for help as his child is burning before his eyes, as he sees his skin melting, and can only watch him as he shouts in pain.”
He called on member states to uphold international law and end the ongoing violence.
“Once the world has recognized the genocide, it cannot continue watching it unfold,” he said.
At least 53,822 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war since October 2023, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
The Israeli army resumed its attacks on the Gaza Strip on March 18 and has since killed 3,673 people and injured more than 10,300 others, shattering a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
