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A Holocaust survivor sees no end to the suffering for kids in Gaza, even after they return to their homes under a ceasefire agreement.
Agnes Kory, 81, survived Nazi rule as a baby but was ‘haunted’ by the death and persecution endured by her family.
The Budapest-born activist fears Gazans face a post-conflict life far worse than that, because the withdrawal of Israeli forces in major cities leaves behind wrecked buildings and rubble.
Agnes told Metro: ‘After I survived, no person was attempting to bomb me and kill me anymore.
‘There was an end to the atrocities, but I don’t see any end for the Palestinian children.
‘I’m not convinced that these people in Gaza won’t proceed to be under threat of being killed and hurt.
‘The Israeli government doesn’t need a Palestinian state, I don’t consider that there’s any peace coming to the Palestinians.’
The ceasefire agreement has seen all 20 living hostages released by Hamas, with greater than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli detention.
Israeli forces have pulled back to an agreed position inside the Gaza Strip, but still occupy half of the territory.
The longer term of Gaza stays uncertain, with the enclave on account of be temporarily governed by a ‘Board of Peace’ headed by Tony Blair.
Agnes, who was born during Nazi rule in Hungary, fears Gazans won’t be allowed to live a ‘proper life’ even after Israel’s withdrawal.
She said: ‘Once the Holocaust was over I had equal rights with everybody else.
‘The Palestinians, including the Palestinian children, they still don’t have equal rights like with Jewish residents of Israel.
‘The ceasefire is only a con. Mr Trump was keen to get his Nobel Prize.
‘They’re not even getting the entire of Gaza back. So the massive concentration camp where they once lived, now it’s going to be a smaller concentration camp.
‘Netanyahu did announce that if the Palestinians don’t behave, then the ceasefire will stop, so the Israelis are still the rulers.’
Agnes was born under a false name in Hungary’s capital Budapest in December 1944, nine months after the country was invaded by Nazi Germany.
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As 550,000 Hungarian Jews were rounded up and murdered in the course of the last 12 months of the war, her mother lived in hiding with false papers.
Her aunt returned home with terrifying stories of death at Auschwitz, while her dad survived the brutal Mauthausen concentration camp.
Agnes said that she was ‘scarred’ by her experience of the Holocaust and expects many young Gazans to be equally traumatised by the conflict they’ve witnessed.
She added: ‘I actually have had an excellent life, which was haunted by memories and the memories of my family.
‘All the youngsters in Gaza now might be damaged for all times, they usually have had a sustained campaign against them.
‘That they had to live in fear for 2 years. They were starved.
‘Human nature could be resilient. The Palestinians did show amazing, astonishing resilience.
‘Presumably a variety of them might be hopeful because should you don’t hope, you can not live.’
Agnes, who got here to the UK in October 1965 to pursue training as a cellist, is a component of Holocaust Survivors and descendants against Gaza genocide.
The group attend protests and marches in protest at Israeli conduct in the course of the war in Gaza, which they label a genocide.
The UN Commission of Inquiry concluded in September that Israel was committing a genocide in Gaza, after greater than 65,000 Palestinians were confirmed to have been killed.
The UK government nonetheless has disagreed together with his assessment, which Israel also denies.
Greater than 18,000 children are among the many dead in Gaza, where a famine was officially declared in August.
More 80% of Gaza buildings have been destroyed or damaged in the course of the conflict, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has said.
Agnes said: ‘That’s not a war. It was a killing field and what else are you able to call a killing field? It’s a genocide.’
‘A whole lot of what Israel does is speculated to be doing within the name of Holocaust survivors, within the name of Jews.
‘I resent that. I’m outraged by it. It’s definitely not in my name.’
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