United Nations experts say there is \u201cevidence of increasing genocidal incitement\u201d against the Palestinians amid Israel\u2019s relentless assaults on the besieged Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group of experts, which included several special rapporteurs, said in a statement on Thursday \u201cgrave violations” were being committed by Israel against the people across the blockaded Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are deeply disturbed by the failure of governments to heed our call and to achieve an immediate ceasefire,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are also profoundly concerned about the support of certain governments for Israel\u2019s strategy of warfare against the besieged population of Gaza, and the failure of the international system to mobilize to prevent genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The experts had previously warned that time was running out to \u201cprevent genocide and humanitarian catastrophe\u201d in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A group of lawyers representing Palestinian victims of the Israeli war filed a complaint earlier this week with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The lawyers say Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza amount to genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN child rights committee says there were “no winners in a war where thousands of children are killed”, as they condemn mounting “grave human rights violations” by Israel” in Gaza. \u201cMassive outbreaks of infectious disease, and hunger, seem inevitable,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said during a briefing in Geneva on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the depletion of fuel would be \u201ccatastrophic\u201d across Gaza, leading to the collapse of sewage systems, healthcare and ending the scarce humanitarian aid being supplied. Turk also said Israel\u2019s bombardment was \u201cof an intensity rarely experienced in this century.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN official also expressed concern about increasing violence against the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. \u201cIn my view, this creates a potentially explosive situation, and I want to be clear: we are well beyond the level of early warning,\u201d Turk said. \u201cI am ringing the loudest possible alarm bell about the occupied West Bank.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Health Organization has warned of \u201cworrying trends\u201d in disease spread in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel has been targeting hospitals and medical facilities in Gaza in defiance of international condemnations. Attacks on hospitals are against international law and the Geneva Conventions that stipulate medical facilities as civilian infrastructure.
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