Clarification issued by the Government Media Office regarding the issue of the Yazidi woman who was in the Gaza Strip
Spokespersons of the Israeli occupation army promoted a false narrative and fabricated story about the Yazidi woman who was present in the Gaza Strip. They recounted fake events with no basis in truth, attempting to whitewash their image tarnished by bloodshed and killings, and to mislead public opinion. Regarding this matter, the Government Media Office gathered extensive information about the Yazidi woman, obtained her personal ID card, her photo, and her temporary identification number. We would like to clarify the following:
The Yazidi woman married a Palestinian man from Khan Younis (southern Gaza Strip) while he was fighting with the opposition forces in Syria. She lived with him and his mother there. However, after the man was killed, the woman voluntarily traveled with his mother to Turkey through official channels. She then moved freely to Egypt, also in a completely legal manner. Afterward, she entered Gaza and settled with the mother of her deceased husband.
Several years later, the Yazidi woman married her deceased husband's brother and lived with him for years before he was also martyred by Israeli occupation forces during the current genocide they are waging in Gaza.
After her husband’s martyrdom, the woman approached the Palestinian government and requested to be placed in a safe location. The government responded to her request and provided her with a private room in one of the government facilities in southern Gaza. They also provided her with all the necessities of living, including food, drink, bedding, and clothing, under the supervision of a specialized government team as part of their protection efforts, similar to the protection provided to many foreigners who faced harsh conditions during the ongoing genocide.
The esteemed woman is over 25 years old, contrary to the claims and lies of the occupation. She requested to contact her family as she began feeling unsafe in Gaza due to the intense bombing and brutal targeting by the Israeli occupation. She requested evacuation, especially after her husband’s martyrdom.
Indeed, after she contacted her family, they in turn contacted the Jordanian government, which coordinated with the occupation to facilitate her exit through the Kerem Shalom crossing. The Yazidi woman then left the government facility for the crossing herself, with the knowledge of her late husband’s family and the Palestinian government. The occupation did not "rescue" her as they falsely claimed in their misleading statement.
The narrative the occupation tried to promote is baseless. The woman traveled to Gaza through several official airports and international crossings. How could she pass through all these security checkpoints without being noticed, only for the occupation to claim she was kidnapped?
We stress that the same occupation, which lies to the public, is the one that killed her husband and turned her life into a real tragedy, leaving her a widow. He was murdered in a heinous, inhumane crime as part of the occupation's ongoing series of atrocities affecting every home in Gaza, including the homes of dozens of foreign nationals who were living among the Palestinian people, only to be killed brutally by the occupation.
We call on various media outlets and public opinion not to engage with the false narrative of the occupation, which constantly seeks to alter the course of many stories to serve its interests and improve its bloodstained, tarnished image.
We condemn the crime of the occupation in killing the Yazidi woman’s husband, and we urge the entire world to denounce this horrific crime, as well as the ongoing killings of both foreigners and non-foreigners in Gaza.
We hold the Israeli occupation and the U.S. administration fully responsible for the atrocities being committed by the occupation forces in Gaza, including the devastation of the lives of both locals and foreigners. :
We call on the international community and all global organizations to curb the Israeli occupation and pressure it to halt its genocide and stop the crimes against humanity being committed in Gaza.
