‘Stop starving children’: Belgian minister tells Israel
Caroline Gennez, Belgium’s minister of development cooperation and urban policy, said international pressure must be maintained on Israel to ensure “sufficient” humanitarian aid enters Gaza.
Re-posting a statement on social media from the International Court of Justice ordering Israel to avert the “spread of famine and starvation” in Gaza by ensuring the “unhindered delivery” of aid and basic services, Gennez said, “Israel must stop starving civilians and children.”
The Israeli use of “hunger as weapon of war” is a “flagrant violation of international law”, Gennez said.
Israel must stop starving civilians & children, & let sufficient humanitarian aid into #Gaza: @CIJ_ICJ is clear.
Hunger as weapon of war = flagrant violation of international law.
We must keep up international pressure, recognition Palestine state on government agenda tomorrow. https://t.co/azb3G6qkYe
— Caroline Gennez (@carogennez) March 28, 2024
Babies are dying of hunger and dehydration in Gaza
Starving two-month-old Laila Junaid was brought to the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the city of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza weighing less than half the average baby her age.
Doctors there say babies are dying from hunger and dehydration because of Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid, including food, entering the besieged enclave through land borders.
Gaza protesters heckle Biden inside NYC fundraiser
Pro-Palestine protesters have heckled Joe Biden during a fundraiser for the US president’s reelection campaign in New York City.
Protesters stood up and shouted over a discussion featuring Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, moderated by The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, at the Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.
Biden reportedly responded to the heckling by saying he would keep working to stop civilian deaths, particularly children, in Gaza. But he added that “Israel’s existence is at stake”.
Obama is said to have snapped back at one protester who interrupted him, saying, “You can’t just talk and not listen … That’s what the other side does”.
🇵🇸🚨BREAKING: Massive disruption for Palestine during Biden’s fundraiser in NYC with Obama and Clinton!
Politicians can’t go ANYWHERE without being reminded of the trail of blood that follows them for their complicity in the genocide of Palestinians #ShutItDown4Palestine pic.twitter.com/PHb8AdoEzw
— Party for Socialism and Liberation (@pslnational) March 29, 2024
Earlier we reported that hundreds of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza gathered outside the iconic music venue. The fund-raising event, which more than 5,000 people paid between $225 and $500,000 to attend, raised a record $25m for Biden’s campaign.
Israeli strikes on Aleppo kill 33 civilians, military personnel: Report
Israeli air strikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo have killed at least 33 civilians and military personnel, two security sources have told the Reuters news agency.
Reuters also reports that security sources have told them that five fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah have been killed in the strikes, which occurred early this morning. It is not clear whether they are included in the 33.
Earlier we reported that the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the Israeli strikes hit a weapons depot near Aleppo International Airport, resulting in a series of large explosions.
The Syrian Defence Ministry said the Israeli strikes happened “in conjunction” with a drone attack on Aleppo targeting civilians, conducted by “terrorist organisations” from the city of Idlib.
