Geneva – The United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, confirmed that about a million displaced Palestinians have been pressured to flee once more since Israel intensified its assaults on the town of Rafah within the southern Gaza Strip initially of final Might.
This got here in a speech yesterday, Tuesday, throughout the opening of the 56th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Turk harassed that he was horrified by the events to the battle in Gaza ignoring worldwide human rights legislation and worldwide humanitarian legislation, noting that there are deaths and struggling which are troublesome to imagine.
Turk added: “On account of the intensified Israeli assaults, greater than 120,000 folks, most of them ladies and youngsters, have been killed or injured in Gaza since October 7, 2023.”
He continued, “Since Israel targeted its assaults on Rafah initially of Might, about a million displaced Palestinians have been pressured to flee once more,” noting that entry to humanitarian assist in Gaza has deteriorated additional.
He additionally harassed the deteriorating scenario within the occupied West Financial institution, together with East Jerusalem, noting that 528 Palestinians, together with 133 youngsters, have been killed by Israeli troopers or settlers since October 2023.
Since October 7, Israel has been waging a devastating battle on Gaza with absolute American assist, leaving greater than 122,000 Palestinians lifeless and wounded, placing Tel Aviv into worldwide isolation and inflicting it to be prosecuted earlier than the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice.
Israel continues its battle regardless of two UN Safety Council resolutions to cease it instantly, and orders from the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice to finish the invasion of Rafah, take measures to forestall acts of “genocide,” and enhance the dire humanitarian scenario in Gaza.
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2024-06-20 05:19:50