{"id":55286,"date":"2025-04-03T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/gaza-un-rights-chief-calls-for-probe-into-killings-of-medical-workers\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:00:00","slug":"gaza-un-rights-chief-calls-for-probe-into-killings-of-medical-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=55286","title":{"rendered":"Gaza: UN rights chief calls for probe into killings of medical workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ambassadors met for an emergency session to discuss the escalation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.<\/p>\n<p>Rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk said he was pained to brief the Council once again on the \u201ccatastrophic suffering of people in Gaza,\u201d noting that \u201cthe temporary relief of the ceasefire, which gave Palestinians a moment to breathe, has been shattered.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He reported that since 1 March, Israeli military operations have killed more than 1,200 Palestinians, including at least 320 children, according to the Gaza health authorities.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Call for investigation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mr. T\u00fcrk said he was appalled by the killing of the medical and humanitarian personnel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere must be an independent, prompt and thorough investigation into the killings, and those responsible for any violation of international law must be held to account,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted that there is nowhere safe to go in Gaza amid ongoing bombardment. Furthermore, half of the territory is now under mandatory evacuation orders or has been declared a no-go zone.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups continue to launch indiscriminate rockets from Gaza into Israel, in breach of international humanitarian law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also deeply concerned about the fate and well-being of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Humanitarian aid blockade<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, a month has passed since Israel imposed a complete blockade on vital humanitarian aid and supplies entering Gaza, including food, water, electricity, fuel and medicines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe blockade and siege imposed on Gaza amount to collective punishment and may also amount to the use of starvation as a method of war,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The UN rights chief was alarmed by the inflammatory rhetoric by senior Israeli officials around seizing, annexing and dividing territory, and about transferring Palestinians outside Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis raises grave concerns about the commission of international crimes and runs counter to the fundamental principle of international law against the acquisition of territory by force,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>West Bank violence<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mr. T\u00fcrk also addressed the \u201cextremely alarming\u201d situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, where Israeli operations have killed hundreds, destroyed entire refugee camps and displaced over 40,000 Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIllegal settlement expansion continues unabated as some Israeli ministers advocate for Israeli sovereignty in the occupied territory,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The High Commissioner urged the immediate restoration of the ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian access throughout Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that \u201cnothing can justify the horrific attacks committed against Israeli communities on 7 October 2023. And nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>More to follow on this story\u2026<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2025\/04\/1161851\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambassadors met for an emergency session to discuss the escalation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. 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