The UN special committee to investigate Israeli practices has released a report that determines mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions are “intentionally imposed” on Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli army.
“Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life – food, water, and fuel,” the committee said in a press release.
“These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel’s intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains,” it continues.
The report’s findings – that Israel intentionally withholds aid from the Strip, uses starvation as a weapon of war and is careless in its infliction of civilian casualties – are consistent with other UN and humanitarian condemnations of Israel’s conduct.
The term “genocide”, however, is rarely applied to Israel’s war on Gaza by any body connected with the UN.
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