Hopstial just bombing in GAZA - Calls needed now

Fri Jul 25 11:35:14 PDT 2014

Urgent update from International Solidarity Movement:
     At 19:00 Beit Hanoun Hospital was hit by an Israeli tank shell. Inside the hospital are 61 medical staff, civilians, three patients and two ISM volunteers, Charlie Andreasson and Fred Ekblad, both from Sweden, who are all trapped inside.  Israeli soldiers are close to the hospital. Gunfire can be heard in the area. A thick smoke is rolling into the hospital.  We need you to call your own representatives to demand that they fulfill their obligation to insure that Israel adheres to international law and immediately cease to target medical staff and facilities.  Some phone numbers are provided below.

Right now please call the State Department, White House, your Senator and Representatives – see contact info below. (Upcoming events at end of message.)

 <http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact> White House:  202-456-1111; Fax: 202-456-7890. Tweet: @WhiteHouse

 <http://www.state.gov/contact> State Department: 202-647-4000 Fax:   <tel:%28202%29%20647-3344> (202) 647-3344  Israel Foreign Service Desk Israel Foreign Service Desk: 202-647-3672 Tweet: @StateDept

Congress: 202-224-3121;  <http://www.house.gov/> www.house.gov;  <http://www.senate.gov/> www.senate.gov

 <http://www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/policycomments.cfm> Senator Barbara Boxer: Sacramento  <tel:%28916%29%20448-2787> (916) 448-2787; Wash. D.C.  <tel:202-224-3553> 202-224-3553; Fax 202-224-0454. Tweet: @SenatorBoxer
 <http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me> Senator Dianne Feinstein: San Francisco   <tel:%28415%29%20393-0707> (415) 393-0707  Wash DC   <tel:%28202%29%20224-3841> (202) 224-3841; Fax (202) 228-3954 @DianneFeinstein
 <https://matsui.house.gov/email-representative-matsui> Rep. Doris Matsui Sacramento (916) 498-5600; Wash DC (202) 225-7163 Fax:  (202) 225-0566. Tweet @DorisMatsui
 <http://bera.house.gov/contact> Rep. Ami Bera: Rancho Cordova: (916) 635-0505; Wash. DC (202) 225-5716; Fax: (202) 226-1298. Tweet @RepBera
 <https://garamendi.house.gov/contact-me> Rep. John Garamendi: Davis: 530-753-5301; Wash. DC (202) 225-1880; Fax: (202) 225-5914. Tweet: @RepGaramendi
 <http://mcclintockforms.house.gov/forms/contact-form.shtml> Rep. Tom McClintock: Granite Bay (916) 786-5560; Wash. DC (202) 225-2511; Fax: (202) 225-5444. Tweet: @RepMcClintock
 <http://mcnerney.house.gov/contact> Rep. Jerry McNerney: Stockton (209) 476-8552; Wash. D.C. (202) 225-1947; Fax (202) 225-4060. Tweet: @RepMcNerney
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From: International Solidarity Movement <palreports at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 10:52 AM
Subject: [ISM] Urgents: Trapped Palestinian medical staff and ISM volunteers need your help
To: International Solidarity Movement <palsolidarity at googlegroups.com>

Dear friends,
     At 19:00 Beit Hanoun Hospital was hit by an Israeli tank shell. Inside the hospital are 61 medical staff, civilians, three patients and two ISM volunteers, Charlie Andreasson and Fred Ekblad, both from Sweden, who are all trapped inside.  Israeli soldiers are close to the hospital. Gunfire can be heard in the area. A thick smoke is rolling into the hospital.  We need you to call your own representatives to demand that they fulfill their obligation to insure that Israel adheres to international law and immediately cease to target medical staff and facilities.  Some phone numbers are provided below.

Background:  Medical teams under fire
   International volunteers, including some from Sweden, the U.S., and the UK, went to Beit Hanoun in North Gaza to accompany ambulances fallowing the targeting of an ambulance in Beit Hanoun this afternoon by Israeli forces. The Israeli attack on the ambulance killed one paramedic and the critical injury of another.
  The attack on the hospital in Beit Hanoun is the second Israeli attack on Gazan medical facilities and personnel in the last 24 hours. The first resulted in the destruction of Al Durrah Children’s Hospital in Gaza City last night. A two year-old child in the Intensive Care Unit was killed, and 30 others injured.

  Due to shelling nearby, Beit Hanoun hospital has evacuated most of its patients to al-Shifa Hospital. Three patients remain in the hospital.  

  Since Israel began its attack on Gaza, 13 ambulances have been completely destroyed and two paramedics have been killed. Throughout the massacre, medical staff and facilities have been repeatedly targeted. 

  "Israel's attacks on Gaza hospitals are ongoing, with those in areas by the separation barrier forced to evacuate their patients, paramedics and other rescue workers are doing what they can under conditions of great risk." Stated Joe Catron, U.S. International Solidarity Movement activist.

  According to the Gazan Ministry of Health, six out of Gaza’s 13 hospitals have already been severely damaged. One, el-Wafa rehabilitation hospital, has been completely destroyed.  Two medical clinics have been completely destroyed, seven other clinics have been damaged, 13 medical staff members have been injured, and five have been killed.  

  The Ministry of Health in Gaza has demanded, "the immediate cessation of Israeli occupation military attacks against medical facilities and personnel in Gaza, and demands that the international community soundly condemn this latest Israeli atrocity, and hold Israel accountable for these war crimes." 

In solidarity,

ISM Palestine
http://palsolidarity.org

Friday, Jul 25, 4pm, Rally for Al-Quds Day, an internationally observed day of protest intended to bring people together, regardless of their background, to stand up against the injustices being perpetrated all over the world, and specifically in Palestine. 16th & J Sts. Sacramento. FMI: sac4quds at gmail.com

Saturday, Jul 26, Boycott SodaStream <http://www.sacbds.org/>  Bannering and leafleting. SodaStream is made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land in violation of international law. Don't buy it; ask stores not to sell it. Location: sacramentobds at gmail.com. Sign petitions for Palestinian rights at: www.sacbds.org/petitions

Saturday, Jul 26, 1pm, Protest: End Israel's War on the Palestinian People! <http://www.answercoalition.org/sf/events/end-israeli-colonial.html>  United Nations Plaza, Civic Center BART Station, San Francisco. FMI: answersf.org, 415-821-6545. Carpools from Sacramento: 916-572-9680.

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