UN Commissioner: Documenting what is happening in Gaza is necessary and the International Court must intervene News

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said that it is important to document everything that happens in… Gaza strip of violations and holding those responsible accountable, stressing the need for interventionTo the International Criminal Court in that.

He added in an interview with Al Jazeera that he is very concerned about what is happening to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, especially those trying to escape from the Israeli bombing to the south, as well as the wounded and injured in Al-Shifa Hospital, stressing the need to ensure the application of international humanitarian law, which stipulates the protection of hospitals, medical staff, and patients.

Turk called on everyone who has influence on the parties to the conflict to intervene and exercise their influence to achieve an urgent humanitarian response, work on an immediate ceasefire, respect international humanitarian law, release hostages, do everything possible to end the current situation, and search for a solution in which Palestinians and Israelis live side by side.

The UN Commissioner stressed the necessity of providing aid and relief to those affected in the Gaza Strip, and the vitality of this in light of the current situation, noting that the recent Security Council resolution, which called for a ceasefire and the release of hostages, is a good thing, and would give an important impetus to ensure the delivery of aid, while stressing that It must be applied immediately.

He pointed out that there were a large number of casualties among the crews United nations In the Gaza Strip, he explained that the organization lost more than 103 of its employees, considering this a terrible and unprecedented matter, and it occurred due to the Israeli occupation forces’ bombing of densely populated areas.

Turk stressed the need to investigate all violations taking place in the Gaza Strip, take their recommendations and implement them urgently, and take human rights seriously, stressing the unacceptability of collective punishment of Palestinians.

The Israeli war on Gaza continues for the 41st day, as the occupation forces stormed the Shifa complex for the second time, while the Israeli bombing continues on various areas of the Gaza Strip, which led to martyrs and wounded, bringing the number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war to 11,500, including 4,710 children and 3,160. One woman, 29,800 injured.