All members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), with the exception of the United States on Wednesday, said that famine in Gaza is a “crisis caused by man”. At the same time, they warned that the targeted warning in the war is prohibited under international humanitarian law. According to Reuters, TASR informs about this.
The joint statement of 14 permanent and unstable members of the UNSC called for immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, the release of all hostages detained by the militant Hamas movement and other groups, a significant increase in humanitarian aid to the entire Gaza band and immediate and unconditional cancellation of all Israel restrictions on the supply of assistance.
Famine in gaza
“The famine in Gaza must be stopped immediately. The time decides. Humanitarian need must be immediately solved and Israel must change its attitude,” the 14 members of the Security Council agreed.
The integrated classification of food security phases (IPC) supported by the United Nations (UN) on Friday officially announced in Gaza Hladomor, of which he blames the “systematic defense” of the humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave by the Israeli government. According to the report, approximately 500,000 people are facing “catastrophic” hunger.
Thousands of people in danger
IPC states that, on the basis of “trustworthy evidence” from August 15, it threatens the famine of 514,000 people-almost a quarter of the Palestinian population in Gaza-and by the end of September, their number can rise to 641,000.
Israel described the report on Wednesday as “invented and biased” and IPC called on it to withdraw it immediately. According to the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Eden Bar Tala, in the event of non -compliance with this condition Israel, will publish “evidence of misconduct in the report” in a short time. In addition, he called the Institute to politicized and accused him of “cooperation with a criminal terrorist organization”.
At Wednesday’s meeting of the UN Second, the US Ambassador at the UN Dorothy Sheaova challenged the credibility and integrity of the IPC report and stated that “did not meet either of these two criteria”.
“We all realize that hunger is a real problem in Gaza and that there are extensive humanitarian needs to be met. The solution of these needs is a priority for the United States,” She said before the 15-member UN Security Council.
The Palestinian enclave is destroyed by an almost two -year Israeli military offensive, which, according to local health authorities, claimed more than 61,000 victims. The authorities do not distinguish between civilians and militants, it recalls Reuters.
Israel claims that his offensive is self -defensive after the militant Hamas movement and other groups in October 2023 crossed the borders, killed 1,200 people and kidnapped approximately 250 others.
