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2025-03-09 International-UN-NGOs
UN Accuses Israel of War Crimes in Gaza
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has accused Israel of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip. This was reported on March 8 by the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera.

Israel has been accused of continuing to kill Palestinian civilians and blocking all humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. It is noted that the OHCHR report states that at least 58 Palestinians, including ten children and three women, have been killed since the ceasefire.

“Attacking Palestinians who are not actively participating in the hostilities constitutes a war crime, regardless of the restrictions on movement imposed by Israel,” the OHCHR report emphasizes.

The UN agency said the Israeli blockade, which has now entered its seventh day, has resulted in a sharp rise in prices that could once again trigger famine in the Palestinian enclave.

"As an occupying power, Israel has a legal obligation to provide essential services to the Palestinians living under its control. Any denial of essential services to civilians may amount to collective punishment, and the use of starvation as a weapon of war constitutes a war crime," the OHCHR explained.

Earlier, Regnum News Agency reported that in mid-January, Israel and Hamas, during negotiations mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, concluded an agreement on a temporary truce in the Gaza Strip. It should take place in three stages: the first - Israel will withdraw its troops from Gaza, and Hamas will release 33 hostages, the second - the release of the remaining Israeli prisoners and a permanent ceasefire, the third - an exchange of bodies of the dead.

On February 22, Hamas released the last of the hostages in the first phase of the truce. Israel was supposed to release 602 Palestinian prisoners, including at least one with a life sentence, from prison as part of the exchange. On February 23, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners from prisons was suspended due to the “humiliating ceremonies” of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas during the release of Israeli hostages.

On February 27, Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the International Red Cross.

On March 2, Israel agreed to a US proposal for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during Ramadan and Passover. The decision was made by Netanyahu, with the participation of the defense minister and the negotiating team.

On March 6, US President Donald Trump threatened members of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas with death if they did not release all Israeli hostages and return the bodies "immediately."

Posted by badanov 2025-03-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top
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#1 So, another day ending in "y".

Can we please deport the UN?
Posted by Crusader 2025-03-09 00:36||   2025-03-09 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 What about all the war crimes that the UN commuted in Gaza? I noticed that nobody seems to be accusing UN of war crimes that they actually commuted!
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-03-09 01:54||   2025-03-09 01:54|| Front Page Top

#3 OPEN NOTE TO THE UN

It seems the UN has forgotten that Hamas has openly stated it's dedicated to the elimination of all Jews and Israel itself.

In short, Hamas and Iran, its supporter, are conducting a Generational Genocidal war. All with the goal of murdering every Jewish person on earth.

Any government with such a Genocide agenda is clearly engaged in a War Crime.

Defending one's self, citizens and borders is NOT a War Crime.

Defeating the attacker and eliminating their support base is NOT a War Crime.

QUESTION TO THE UN.
Why so silent on the Hamas clear and obvious WAR CRIME issue?
Posted by NN2N1 2025-03-09 08:17||   2025-03-09 08:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Considering the UNRWA was a front for Hamas and participated in the killing and treatment of hostages, your opinion means nothing.
Posted by Procopius2k 2025-03-09 09:37||   2025-03-09 09:37|| Front Page Top

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