The UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese has denounced German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s defense of Israel’s bombing of Palestinian civilian displacement sites in Gaza, warning of the legal repercussions of supporting a state that commits international crimes.
“As a UN Independent Expert, I am deeply concerned by the stance Germany is taking on “Israel”/Palestine, and its dangerous implications and consequences,” Wafa Agency quoted Albanese as saying in a post on her page on the /X/ platform”.
Minister Baerbock should be invited to provide the evidence of what she claims, and then explain how “civilian objects losing protected status” justify the massacres Israel is committing in Gaza and elsewhere, she added.
Albanese said that if Germany decided to stand with a State that is committing international crimes, it is a political choice, but it has also legal implications. May justice prevail where politics abhorrently failed.”
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Hospitals in northern Gaza are overwhelmed by casualties as Israeli attacks intensify, with medical officials warning of catastrophic shortages of supplies and the United Nations decrying unprecedented restrictions on humanitarian aid.
ReplyDeleteMohammed Saleh, acting director of al-Awda Hospital, said the facility is inundated with injured patients, with dozens arriving daily amid continued airstrikes.
“Israeli forces are targeting everything that moves in northern Gaza,” Saleh said in a statement.
He highlighted severe shortages of medicine, medical supplies, and fuel, adding that food is running critically low for both patients and healthcare workers.
“If the siege continues, we are on the brink of a disaster,” Saleh warned, urging UN agencies and international partners to deliver urgent aid.
The United Nations described the restrictions on aid to Gaza as the worst seen since Israel's genocidal war on the Palestinian enclave began in October last year.
“This is probably the worst restrictions we’ve seen on humanitarian aid – ever,” said James Elder, spokesperson for UNICEF.
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ReplyDeleteThe Lebanese National News Agency reported that the airstrikes hit three locations in succession, including the Haret Hreik neighborhood and a building near a school in the southern suburb of Beirut.
No information was immediately available on casualties or damage.
Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq decried the double standards that Westerners have adopted on the Israeli regime’s atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon.
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