2024-01-18 21:52:44
Israel has broken international law by “relentlessly” bombing the Gaza Strip, razing neighborhoods and killing thousands of Palestinians, a United Nations human rights expert said Thursday.
“Israel has done a certain number of things that are completely illegal, completely illicit,” assured Francesca Albanese during a press conference in Madrid.
The comments by Ms Albanese, an Italian jurist and UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, came as Israel faces a complaint filed by South Africa at the UN International Court of Justice, which accuses him of “genocide”.
If Israel has the right to defend itself, international humanitarian law must be respected “to protect people who are not actively involved in the fighting: civilians, prisoners of war, the sick and wounded”, she added. We must distinguish combatants from civilians and ensure that attacks are proportionate, Ms Albanese said. “Instead, we saw more than 100 days of relentless bombing – the first two weeks with 6,000 bombs a week, 2,000 pound bombs, in highly populated areas,” she argued.
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