GENEVA, April 5 — The UN Human Rights Council was today debating whether to demand a halt in arms sales to Israel, whose war in Gaza has killed more than 33,000 people, mostly...
Sarawak minister says state govt will only ban Umno Youth chief if he visits to incite racial and religious tensionsA picture taken on April 2, 2024, shows a United Nations peacekeepers observation point near the Quneitra border crossing with Syria in the Israel i annexed-Golan Heights. — AFP picGENEVA, April 5 — The UN Human Rights Council was today debating whether to demand a halt in arms sales to Israel , whose war in Gaza has killed more than 33,000 people, mostly civilians.
It stresses that the International Court of Justice ruled in January “that there is a plausible risk of genocide” in Gaza. Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed at least 33,037 people, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.The rights council draft resolution does not name Hamas but it does condemn the firing of rockets at Israeli civilian areas and demands “the immediate release of all remaining hostages”.
It warns in particular “against any large-scale military operations in the city of Rafah” in the south of the densely populated Gaza Strip, where well over one million civilians are sheltering, warning of “devastating humanitarian consequences”.The draft resolution also condemns “the use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in Gaza”, where the UN has warned that famine is looming.
Today’s draft resolution deplores the fact that Israel has persistently refused to cooperate with numerous investigations ordered by the UN rights council.
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