Solo: Gazan lives matter, so US should send assistance

Collective punishment is a war crime prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. The people of Gaza are in extreme danger of starvation and terminal dehydration, due to a siege by Israel. President Joe Biden should immediately deploy the U.S. military to drop supplies of food and water into Gaza.

Hospitals in Gaza don’t have enough vital supplies, like medicine and fuel for generators. The U.S. military should be immediately deployed to take needed supplies to hospitals in Gaza.

The U.S. government should allow as many refugees from Gaza as possible to enter the U.S. The U.S. military should get these refugees and U.S. citizens out of Gaza.

Biden should demand an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Gazan lives matter.

Ashu M.G. Solo

Wilmington

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