UN Expert: Israeli Military’s Killing of Aid Workers in Gaza ‘Intentional’
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said, based on an assessment, that she believes the Israeli military “intentionally killed” the seven aid workers in Gaza to scare donors of humanitarian relief and ensure the continued starvation of Palestinians.
Albanese, the UN’s envoy on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, said that having knowledge of the Israeli military’s operating procedures, the killings were carried out deliberately so that “donors would pull out & civilians in Gaza would continue to be starved quietly”, Al-Jazeera reported.On Tuesday, Gaza’s Government Media Office said at least seven foreign aid workers of WCK had been killed in the central part of the Gaza Strip. It said the aid workers included citizens of Australia, Britain, and Poland. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that the attack had been executed by Israeli forces, saying they had “unintentionally [hit] innocent people in the Gaza Strip … it happens in war.”“Israel knows Western countries & Arab countries won’t move a finger for the Palestinians,” Albanese said on social media.Earlier, the special rapporteur said the killings of the aid workers coincided with Israel’s bombing of a foreign embassy in Syria.“Israel is crossing every possible red line, still will full impunity. Sanctions now. Indictments now,” she said.Hamas also accused Israel of targeting aid distribution sites to “terrorise” humanitarian organisations and stop them from helping the starving people of Gaza.
“We call on the international community and UN Security Council to denounce this heinous act, and to move towards putting an end to the occupation’s crimes and aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip,” Hamas said in a statement.At least 196 humanitarian workers have now been killed in Gaza since October, according to the United Nations. Israel has been widely accused of holding up aid earmarked for Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face famine.
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