UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced on Wednesday Israeli gunfire close to a diplomatic delegation visiting the Jenin refugee camp within the occupied West Bank.
“The secretary-general is alarmed by these reports that the IDF (Israeli army) fired what they called warning shots at diplomatic personnel, which included UN personnel as well,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric stated throughout a news convention.
Stressing that “diplomats who are doing their work should never be shot at, attacked in any way, shape or form,” Dujarric famous that diplomatic immunity “must be respected at all times.”
“Any use of force against them is unacceptable, and we urge the Israeli authorities to conduct a thorough investigation, to share those findings with us and to take any measures that would prevent any other such incident to take place,” he famous.
Dujarric’s remarks got here after Israel fired pictures to intimidate the overseas diplomatic delegation because it arrived on the entrance to the camp, in keeping with a Palestinian official who spoke to Anadolu.
The delegation included diplomats from a number of EU member states, Türkiye, the UK, Russia, China, India, Brazil, and Japan, in addition to representatives from a number of different international locations, in keeping with the official Palestinian news company, Wafa.
Israel not too long ago escalated its genocidal conflict within the Gaza Strip, launching a large-scale floor operation to grab management of a lot of the enclave and accelerating Palestinian displacement.
Ignoring mounting worldwide strain, Israel has tightened its assist blockade on the enclave, inflicting extra deaths with every passing day.
Source: www.anews.com.tr