The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights accuses both the terrorist organization Hamas and the Israeli army of war crimes.
Austrian Volker Türk made the comments on Wednesday after visiting the Rafah border crossing from the Gaza Strip to Egypt. There should be no double standards in describing the situation, Türk said.
Parties to the conflict are obliged to protect the civilian population
Regarding the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel, Türk said: “The atrocities committed by armed Palestinian groups on October 7 were heinous, cruel and shocking, they were war crimes – as are the ongoing hostage takings.” the closure of the Gaza Strip, the Austrian noted: “Israel’s collective punishment of Palestinian civilians also constitutes a war crime, as does the unlawful forced evacuation of civilians.”
Because: Parties to the conflict are obliged to protect the civilian population and civilian facilities. As the occupying power, Israel must ensure that the people of the Gaza Strip are supplied with essentials. Attacks on medical facilities, medical personnel and the wounded and sick are prohibited. Türk urgently called for a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds.
In connection with the shelling of civilian infrastructure, Israel emphasizes that it is often used by Hamas as a hideout or weapons depot. The accusation that the Islamists are using civilians as human shields has also been made again and again.
UN warns: “West Bank is boiling”
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNWRA) now fears that the escalation in the Gaza Strip will also spread to the West Bank. “The West Bank is boiling,” UN agency Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said Thursday at an international conference in Paris on humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. There is a need for meaningful, continued humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip. This includes the delivery of fuel.
Source: Krone
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