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EU action on Israel ‘long overdue’: Ireland’s top diplomat
Simon Harris, Ireland’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, has urged the European Union to act against Israel over the Gaza famine.
Responding to an RTE News report that more than 200 former European ambassadors and officials had signed a letter, urging the EU to step up action over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Harris described the letter as a “vital, unprecedented intervention”.
“If we don’t take collective action now against the backdrop of famine, when will we?” he said, adding that “collective EU action could make a powerful difference”.
In a series of social media posts, Harris said if the bloc fails to act, “groups of member states should seek to work together”, but warned this would be “less impactful” and an “indictment on our ability to act as a collective” given the EU has already found Israel in breach of the Association Agreement.
He said EU foreign ministers will meet in Copenhagen this week, where he looks forward to raising the issue with counterparts.
UN calls for answers, justice after Israel’s attacks on Nasser Hospital in Gaza
The UN has said Israel must not only follow through on its pledge to probe the deadly hospital attack that killed civilians, including journalists and medics, but ensure those probes yield results.
“The Israeli authorities have in the past announced investigations in such killings … but these investigations need to yield results,” UN rights office spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva.
“There needs to be justice. We haven’t seen results or accountability measures yet,” he added.
UK must impose sanctions on Israel after deadly Nasser Hospital attacks: ICJP
The International Centre for Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) has called for urgent UK sanctions on Israeli political and military leaders after an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis killed at least 21 people, including five journalists.
“Israel’s double-tap strike of journalists is yet another example of its systematic targeting of the press and the healthcare system,” ICJP said. “The UK must urgently implement sanctions to end the carte blanche impunity that has enabled Israel to commit war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocidal acts.”
The journalists killed in the attack worked with The Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye and Reuters.
ICJP also noted that just two weeks earlier, Al Jazeera journalists were also killed in an Israeli strike on al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. It said this pattern matches its Investigation Unit’s evidence of systematic war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out in Gaza.
The World Health Organization confirmed that four medics were killed in the Khan Younis attack after they rushed to help the victims of the first strike.
