In a joint statement from Geneva, UN human rights experts have raised concerns about the population of the Gaza Strip facing a genocide threat. The experts specifically highlighted an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Jabalia.
The statement condemned the attack on the camp, which provides shelter to civilians, including women and children, as a clear violation of the principles of proportionality and distinction between combatants and civilians.
The United Nations experts also called on Israel to immediately agree to a ceasefire and halt the hostilities.
This comes after the head of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York, Craig Mokhiber, resigned due to disagreement with the United Nations’ approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Mokhiber described the events unfolding in the Gaza Strip as a “classic case of genocide.”
Earlier, Israel’s far-right Minister of Public Security, Ben-Gvir, stated that until the release of civilian hostages in Gaza, only “hundreds of tons of explosives” should be sent and “not a gram of humanitarian aid.”
