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Special rapporteurs warnedTo the United Nationsincluding the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, stressed that the Palestinian people are at risk of genocide, and called for a humanitarian ceasefire.
The rapporteurs said – in a statement issued yesterday, Thursday – that the Israeli bombing that targeted a residential complex in the Jabalia Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza strip Two days ago, “a flagrant violation of international law and a war crime.”
They stressed that attacking a camp housing civilians, including women and children, “is a flagrant violation of the rules of proportionality and distinction between combatants and civilians.”
In the statement, which was signed by a number of UN special rapporteurs, the UN rapporteurs urged immediate action to stop the aggression against defenseless civilians, warning that time is running out to prevent genocide and a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. They added, “We remain convinced that the Palestinian people are at risk of genocide.”
They explained that the situation in Gaza had reached a catastrophic turning point, and warned of the Strip’s dire need for food, water, medicine, and fuel supplies. They also warned of the health risks threatening the Strip’s residents.
On October 31, the Ministry of the Interior in Gaza said that the occupation army committed a horrific massacre, as an Israeli bombing left 400 casualties, including martyrs and wounded, and destroyed an entire residential neighborhood in the Jabalia camp, before the spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that At dawn yesterday, Thursday, the number rose to a thousand people, including martyrs and wounded.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday that the Israeli bombing of the Jabalia refugee camp “may amount to war crimes.”
