Gaza: The ‘unacceptable’ option between being shot or fed

UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) Spokesman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva on Friday that “we have caused concerns about the crime of atrocities that have been committed and the risk of further cruelty crimeWhere people lined up for important supplies such as food and medicine and where they are attacked, where else … They have a choice between being shot or fed “.

Deadly lottery

“This is unacceptable and continues“He regretted.

Shamdasani said that his office was still looking for an incident where at least 15 Palestinians including women and children were reportedly killed by a strike in front of a clinic in Deir Al-Balah run by aid group based in the US Hope, a partner organization for UN children’s funds (UNICEF).

In a statement on Thursday, Head of Unicef Catherine Russell said that the murder of a family who tried to access the assistance that saved life was “unlucky”.

The Israeli military reportedly said that they targeted Hamas members involved in Israel’s terror attacks on October 7, 2023.

Asked about the reasons for placing civilians, including children, in the danger of mortal when targeting one particular person, Ms. Shamdasani said that during the conflict in Gaza Ohchr had serious concerns about respect for the principles of international humanitarian law, including differences and proportionality.

“We have seen that of all the death tolls in Gaza; most of them are women and children. Once again, it raises a serious question about whether these principles are respected“He said.

Hundreds of people killed queued for food

The murder of Gazans in or around the Assistance and Convoying Humanitarian Distribution Site has become a regular event in the context of restrictions on the entry of food, fuel, and aid goods into the strip and especially since the formation of a food distribution site that passes the UN operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

Since the end of May, this military assistance distribution model, supported by Israel and the United States, has been trying to put aside the UN and experienced humanitarian partners.

OHCHR’S MS. Shamdasani said that starting May 27, when GHF began operating in Gaza, until July 7OHCHR noted 798 killings “including 615 around the GHF site and 183 maybe on the convoy route”.

Shot injury

The death of nearly 800 people who tried to access assistance was “most of it because of a shot injury”, said Shamdasani.

Join him in condemning murder, world health organization (WHO) Spokesman Christian Lindmeier said that he “Slowly shortage of words to describe the scenario“.

“People were shot at the distribution location … a number of women and children and men and men and women were killed while getting food or in a shelter that should be safe or in a health clinic to a health clinic or in a health clinic -this is far more than unacceptable.”

Fuel crisis

Asked to comment on the delivery of 75,000 liters of fuel to Gaza on Wednesday, the first provision in more than 130 days, Mr. Lindmeier said that “as good as this is the amount of fuel finally entered … we must not rely on special news about special shipping,” be it fuel, food or other aid items.

“There must be repeated shipments to Gaza to keep life open, to supply ambulances, hospitals, water desalination factory, bakery … whatever is needed to keep a little lifeline open there, to run the incubator,” he said.

WHO spokesman shows that 94 percent of hospitals in Gaza are now damaged or destroyedWhile the transfer continues and civilians are pushed into a smaller space.

Mr. Lindmeier also expressed his hopes for the positive results of the ongoing ceasefire talks.

“Peace is the best medicine and opening the door to a fixed one -only a decent choice,” he concluded.