The head of the UN human rights office has urged Israel to allow his team entry into Gaza so they can look into conflicting reports regarding the Al-Shifa Hospital.
“We must investigate this by gaining access. When asked about claims made by the Israeli military that Hamas was concealing weapons within the hospital, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk told Beck Anderson, “We cannot rely on one or the other party when it comes to this.”
“Independent international investigation, because we have different narratives,” he remarked, addressing the need for one.
The strain on Israel Growing international pressure has been placed on Israel to produce evidence of what it has characterized as an Al-Shifa Hospital Hamas command and control center, following an early-morrow raid by Israeli forces. The government media office headed by Hamas refuted Israeli assertions that it was utilizing the hospital as a command and control center, labelling them as “baseless lies.”
According to Türk, hospitals are always granted extra protection under humanitarian law.
“Any civilian resource, particularly a hospital, cannot be used for military objectives. However, you also can’t attack a hospital without solid proof, Türk added.
Türk responded to the request for access to Gaza and the West Bank by saying that his team was currently keeping an eye on the situation from a distance because investigators could not enter Gaza “while the bombs are falling or while military operations are taking place.” He claimed he had already requested access to Gaza and the occupied West Bank from the Israeli government and was “still waiting for the answer.”
Türk stated that an investigation of the acts of Israel and Hamas following the militant group’s slaughter of over 1,200 civilians on October 7 is necessary.
In the conflict, international humanitarian law: Both Israel and Hamas have been charged with war crimes ever since the latter launched its heavy airstrikes and ground offensive in response to the former’s heinous October 7 attacks.
Speaking generally about the activities on both sides, Türk stated, “We have seen… grave breaches of international humanitarian law.”
“Hamas broke the law blatantly by taking hostages and carrying out the horrifying murder of civilians. According to international humanitarian law, it is also quite severe because Israel has been punishing Gaza collectively by shutting off its access to food, water, electricity, and medical supplies, “Türk stated.
In reality, we view it as illegal in the same way
{ severe issues that we all need to look into. And they need responses. And they ought to be held accountable,” Türk remarked.
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