UN says Israeli restrictions on Gaza food aid may constitute a war crime

Palestinians wait in front of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East distribution centre on 18 March.Palestinians wait in front of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East distribution centre on 18 March.Israeli restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza may amount to the war crime of deliberate starvation, the UN has said, as the White House called for unimpeded access for aid to the coastal strip.

“Israel, as the occupying power, has the obligation to ensure the provision of food and medical care to the population commensurate with their needs and to facilitate the work of humanitarian organisations to deliver that assistance,” Turk said via spokesperson Jeremy Laurence, describing the crisis as “human-made” and preventable.

Echoing the UN, Oxfam America and Human Rights Watch sent a memorandum detailing alleged Israeli breaches of international humanitarian law – including the obstruction of aid – to the Biden administration calling for the suspension of US arms supplies to Israel.requiring recipients of US weapons to act in compliance with international law, the two groups said said Israel’s “assurances” of acting under international law “are not credible”.

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to allow the entry of aid into Gaza.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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