Israel slams UN experts over ‘starvation campaign’ report
Israel has condemned the report that accused Israel of carrying out a “targeted starvation campaign” that has resulted in the deaths of children in Gaza.
The report by a group of independent experts, including UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Michael Fakhri, insisted there was no denying famine was under way in Gaza due to the campaign.
“Mr Fakhri and many so-called experts who joined [him] are as much accustomed to spreading misinformation as they are to supporting Hamas propaganda and shielding the terrorist organisation from scrutiny,” Israel’s mission to the UN in Geneva said.
‘Is there any humanity left?’
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, has said that there is “famine across the whole of Gaza. All houses destroyed, food systems destroyed and healthcare destroyed. And kids are dying. Is there any humanity left?”
He made his comments in a post on X in response to a statement by a group of independent experts, himself included, who said that the recent deaths of more Palestinian children due to hunger and malnutrition leaves no doubt that famine has spread across the entire Gaza Strip.
Symbolic of Biden's ceasefire debacle.
US-built pier to be reinstalled to move aid before being permanently removed: Report
Several US officials have told AP news agency that the pier built by the American military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled on the beach to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently.
It would deal the final blow to a multimillion-dollar project long plagued by bad weather, security uncertainties and difficulties getting food into the hands of starving Palestinians.
The officials said that the goal is to clear whatever aid has piled up and get it to the secure area on the beach. Once that has been done, the army will dismantle the pier and depart. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because final details are still being worked out.
Hundreds of millions of tax dollars wasted for hardly any aid delivered at all. But I guess the pier (area) was useful in the Nuseirat massacre / rescue operation, killing nearly 300 Palestinians to retrieve 4 hostages while making the lives for the rest of the hostages much harder.
