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"Israel is facing intensifying international condemnation for its killing of
starving Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and its attacks on humanitarian
efforts, as the UN secretary general, António Guterres, said the “last
lifelines keeping people alive [in the strip] are collapsing”.
An angry chorus of senior figures, among them the UK foreign secretary, David
Lammy, and a senior Catholic cleric, expressed on Tuesday a growing sense of
global horror over Israel’s actions.
“I spoke again with [the Israeli foreign minister] Gideon Saar to recall our
understanding on aid flow and made clear that IDF [Israel Defense Forces] must
stop killing people at distribution points,” the EU’s foreign policy chief,
Kaja Kallas, wrote on X. “The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is
indefensible.”
She said “all options were on the table” if Israel does not deliver on aid
pledges, but did not say what those options included.
According to UN officials on Tuesday, more than 1,000 desperate Palestinians
have been killed by Israeli forces since the end of May trying to reach food
distributions run by the controversial US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian
Foundation (GHF) amid widening conditions of starvation in the Palestinian
territory.
The comments came as Israeli forces attacked warehousing and staff
accommodation in Deir al-Balah – Gaza’s main aid hub – belonging to the World
Health Organization.
The Israeli strikes on WHO facilities came as Israel cancelled the work visa of
Jonathan Whittall, the head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) inside Gaza and the most senior UN aid official in
the coastal strip.
Speaking to the UN security council on Tuesday, Guterres described the
situation in Gaza as a “horror show” condemning the Israeli attacks on UN
offices.
“Malnourishment is soaring and starvation is knocking on every door in Gaza,”
Guterres said. “And now we are seeing the last gasp of a humanitarian system
built on humanitarian principles. That system is being denied the conditions to
function. Denied the space to deliver. Denied the safety to save lives.”
Guterres’ comments came hours after a hard-hitting joint statement on Monday by
27 western countries including the UK, France, Australia and Canada harshly
criticising Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid and calling for an
immediate end to the war."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
