The U.N. human rights chief on Wednesday known as for an pressing cease-fire in Gaza, including that the Palestinians there live in “utter, deepening horror.”
Volker Türk mentioned that in such “apocalyptic” humanitarian circumstances, there was a excessive danger of atrocity crimes being dedicated.
“Civilians in Gaza continue to be relentlessly bombarded by Israel and collectively punished – suffering death, siege, destruction and deprivation of the most essential human needs such as food, water, lifesaving medical supplies and other essentials on a massive scale,” he informed a press convention.
“Palestinians in Gaza are living in utter, deepening horror.”
He mentioned 1.9 million of the two.2 million individuals dwelling within the Palestinian enclave had been displaced and had been being pushed into “ever-diminishing and extremely overcrowded places in southern Gaza, in unsanitary and unhealthy conditions.”
“The catastrophic scenario we see unfolding within the Gaza Strip was solely foreseeable and preventable. My humanitarian colleagues have described the scenario as apocalyptic.
“In these circumstances, there is a heightened risk of atrocity crimes,” the United Nations excessive commissioner for human rights mentioned.
“As an immediate step, I call for an urgent cessation of hostilities and the release of all hostages.”
Türk mentioned the human rights disaster within the occupied West Bank was additionally “extremely alarming,” as he known as for the Israeli authorities to take fast steps to finish “widespread impunity” for violations.
Israel launched a brutal assault on Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas incursion. More than 16,248 individuals have been killed in Gaza since, most of them ladies and youngsters. Israeli casualties, as compared, are at round 1,200.
Tel Aviv vowed to destroy Palestinian resistance group Hamas and free 138 hostages nonetheless held after scores had been launched throughout a weeklong truce.
“All parties are aware of what is really needed to achieve peace and security for Palestinian and Israeli peoples; violence and vengeances can only result in more hatred and radicalization,” Türk concluded.
“The only way to end the accumulative sufferings is ending the occupation and achieving the two-state solution.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com