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14 PCRS and civil defence workers still missing in Rafah area, one body found was laid to rest
Six days now of no clue where these (Palestinian Red Crescent Society) workers have been. But let me remind you what happened, these Red Crescent and civil defence workers went to Rafah because Israel had started an incursion there and Palestinians had been killed.
They were on a rescue mission.
Yesterday, a team was finally allowed to go to the area, but only found the body of one paramedic, and they buried him today.
There are still 14 missing (nine PRCS and five civil defence). They have been waiting for hours, from early morning for access to the area, but their mission was denied (by Israel) and they have not been able to access the area today.
Israel violating international law with forced evacuations in Gaza, UN says
The United Nations Human Rights Office has accused Israel of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under “mandatory evacuation orders”.
The Israeli army has issued what the UN described as 10 mandatory evacuation orders, covering large areas across Gaza, since it resumed its war against Hamas on March 18, ending a two-month-old ceasefire amid disputes over terms for extending it.
“These evacuations fail to comply with the requirements of international humanitarian law,” UN human rights spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said in a statement on Friday.
“Israel is not taking any measures to provide accommodation for the evacuated population, nor [to] ensure that these evacuations are conducted in satisfactory conditions of hygiene, health, safety and nutrition,” Al-Kheetan’s statement added.
More than half of northern Gaza appeared to be under such orders, the UN said, while those who had been newly displaced from the south of the enclave in the Rafah area and forced to go to coastal al-Mawasi were not guaranteed safety there.
“We are deeply concerned about the shrinking space for civilians in Gaza who are being forcibly displaced by the Israeli army from large swaths of territory,” it added.
Palestinian Refugee Affairs chief calls on UN to reverse international staff withdrawal
The head of the PLO’s Refugee Affairs Department has called on the UN to reverse its decision to withdraw international staff from Gaza and the West Bank, the Palestinian agency Wafa reports.
The official, Ahmed Abu Holi, called on Secretary General Antonio Guterres and UNRWA Commissioner Philippe Lazzarini, to reconsider their decision after several UN staffers, including a Bulgarian national who was killed, were hit by Israeli strikes in recent days.
Abu Holi said in a statement on Friday that the decision to withdraw international staff aligns with the two Israeli laws that ban UNRWA’s activities and prohibit its international and local staff from operating. He called the UN officials’ decision “hasty” and said it sets a dangerous precedent, adding that the presence of international staff serves as a protective element for Palestinians who seek refuge in UN shelters.
Abu Holi warned that the absence of international staff poses a heightened risk of Israeli forces committing crimes, as these foreign national can play an important role as witnesses.
Nice theory, but Israel doesn't seem to care about killing foreign nationals. And so far they continue to get away with it.
But yes, this hasty decision will only embolden Netanyahu to bomb more aid workers / aid depots / aid convoys as it's achieving the goal of making Gaza unlivable. Same as Netanyahu seeing the protests in Gaza as 'proof' that his 'strategy' is working. The logic of war criminals.
