GENEVA, (PIC)
The head of a high-level UN-appointed independent rights probe into the Occupied Palestinian Territory spoke of her “serious alarm” at the potential for military escalation in the Gaza Strip and the risks of triggering a regional conflict.
In a briefing to Arab League States days after Iran launched a massive drone and missile strike against Israel, Navi Pillay highlighted the “unprecedented” scale of war sustained by Israel.
To date, more than 33,200 people have been killed, according to Gaza’s health authority, Pillay said, with some 40 percent of schools directly hit in attacks, and 1.7 million people displaced inside the enclave.
“The complete siege imposed on Gaza since October 2023 has resulted in an unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe, with famine and starvation now a reality for its residents,” said the head of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
“The destruction of roads and infrastructure has severely compromised the ability of humanitarian actors to bring in aid to the population.”
