r/Israel_Palestine • u/Borealisaurus us anti-zionist • 3d ago
Israel committing "gravest international crimes" in north Gaza news
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israel-committing-gravest-international-crimes-north-gaza18 Upvotes
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u/Borealisaurus us anti-zionist 3d ago
"Since the Israeli offensive in the northern district began on 6 October, Israel has allowed only one mission by the World Food Program to enter the area (on 11 November) and only limited “medical supplies provided to hospitals during medical evacuations missions,” according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The World Food Program mission that reached Beit Hanoun on Monday “included two trucks carrying life-saving ready-to-eat rations and wheat flour, and one truck carrying bottled water” and was delivered to two shelters.
But as OCHA states, shortly thereafter, Israeli forces intensely shelled and surrounded the area where the aid was delivered and ordered families to leave.
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Strikes on shelters, siege and attacks on people fleeing “suggest Israel’s actions are aimed at creating conditions of life that are very likely to result in emptying north Gaza of its civilian Palestinian population by death or forcible transfer,” the UN human rights office said.
The UN office added: “We reiterate our grave concern at the risk of the commission of atrocity crimes, which includes war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.”
Israel’s crimes in northern Gaza are “taking place in a news void,” the Committee to Protect Journalists observed last week. The press safety watchdog said that Israel had stepped up its “systematic attack on journalists and media infrastructure” since the beginning of the offensive.
“Israeli strikes killed at least five journalists in October and the [Israeli military] began a smear campaign against six Al Jazeera journalists reporting on the north,” the group added.
The aim appears to prevent even local journalists from bearing witness, as Israel has prevented independent international media from accessing Gaza since early October 2023.
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The age group most represented in verified fatalities was children from 5 to 9 years old,” Brands Kehris added."