The measures announced Thursday target the Al-Haq group, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, in relation to their support for the work of International Criminal Court (CIC) on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, following other sanctions imposed by the United States government in June at the non -governmental Palestinian renowned (NGO) addometer.
“” For decades now, these NGOs have been carrying out vital human rights work, in particular the responsibility of human rights violations“, It is” all the more important when international humanitarian laws and human rights are systematically raped in Gaza and in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem “.
Mr. Türk urged the United States to immediately withdraw its sanctions “as well as those imposed earlier on the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 and on several judges and prosecutors of the ICC.”
He added that sanctions will have a “scary effect” not only on civil society in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel, but potentially in the world.
Attacks, famine spread over Gaza
The Israeli offensive in progress to take up total control of the city of Gaza further intensified on Friday, increasing the civilian victims and the attack facilities on which they depend to survive, said UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, during a press briefing at the UN headquarters.
Earlier Friday, Israeli forces attacked a high -rise building which, according to them, was used to launch attacks against them, damaging tents sheltering in vicinity, according to the first information collected by the United Nations Coordination Office (Ochha).
“Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that in the North people are simply exhausted; They cannot afford to move south, not only because the travel sites are overcrowded, but also because transport can cost up to $ 1,000, “said Dujarric, announcing that nearly 41,000 people have been moved from Gaza City since August 14.
“Israel disaster could have prevented”: who is the chief
Recalling that the offensive takes place alongside the propagation of famine, World Health Organization (WHO) Chef Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was “a disaster that Israel could have prevents and stopped at any time”.
Famine “will not make Israel more sure”
“” The famine of civilians as a war method is a war crime that can never be tolerated. Doing it in a conflict is likely to legitimize its use in future conflicts. “”
Since the start of the conflict in October 2023, at least 370 people have died of malnutrition in Gaza, including more than 300 in the last two months, according to the United Nations health agency, which has said that the lack of food and drinking water and strangulation leave people with weakened immune systems.
They also expose the population to more diseases, with more than 100 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, including 11 deaths, reported last month.
“The most intolerable part of this artificial disaster is that it could be arrested at the moment,” he said.
“People die of hunger while the food that could save them is seated on trucks at a short distance. And for what? The famine of the inhabitants of Gaza will not make Israel more sure, nor facilitate the release of the hostages. “”
While who does his best to alleviate suffering in Gaza, supporting medical evacuations of more than 7,640 patients, more than 15,000 others need specialized urgent care, including 3,800 children.
More than 700 people have died while waiting for evacuations, said Tedros, calling on countries to “open arms to these seriously ill patients” and Israel to allow people to be treated in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
“Above all, we call on the government of Israel to end this inhuman war,” he said. “If this is not the case, I call on his allies to use their influence to stop it.”
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