After the UN Tildara to Israel as responsible for the state of famine in which the city of Loopfrom the administration of Benjamín Netanyahu They answered: “There is no famine in Gaza”
Israel denied last Friday the existence of a famine in Gaza and flatly rejected the international report that sustains otherwise. According to Tel Aviv, the document responds to political interests and relies on “the lies of Hamas”.
Israel’s response to the UN accusation
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in which it assured: “The CPI (Integrated Food Security Classification) has just published a manufactured report ‘custom -to -measure’ for the false campaign of Hamas.” The text also accused the agency of having “Devied from your own rules and ignored your own criteria“, Stressing that” Everything (the report) is based on the lies of Hamas bleached by organizations with particular interests. “
“Israel has a hunger prevention policy. From the beginning of the war, it has allowed the entry of two million tons of help to the Gaza Strip, More than a ton of help per person“They explained from the Netanyahu government.
Previously, the UN had officialized the Declaration of famine in Gaza, The first to register in the Middle East. The experts of the Integrated Food Safety (CPI) classification, based in Rome, confirmed that the crisis already affects the Gaza Government and could extend to Deir to Balah and Khan Younis Towards the end of September, leaving more than 500,000 people in “catastrophic” conditions.
The UN report
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, reacted through the social network X: “Just when it seems that there are no words left to describe the hell that is lived in Gaza, a new famine has been added.” He added: “This is not a mystery: It is a disaster caused by man, a moral criticism and a failure of humanity itself. The famine is not just about food; It is the deliberate collapse of the necessary systems for human survival “
“People are starving. Children die. And those who have the duty to act do not do it. As an occupying power, Israel has unequivocal obligations under international lawincluding the duty to guarantee the supply of food and medicines to the population. We cannot allow this situation to continue unpunished, ”said the representative of the international body.
Guterres closed his message with a call to action: “Enough of excuses. The time to act is not tomorrowIt is now. We need immediate fire, the immediate release of all hostages and full and unrestricted humanitarian access. ”
In parallel, the director of the UN Humanitarian Affairs Office, Tom Fletcher, analyzed that the food crisis, generated following the war between both actors, “It could have been avoided“If Israel had not hindered the entry of help.
“This is a famine that we could have avoided if they had allowed us. But food accumulates at the borders due to Israel’s systematic obstruction”He denounced at a conference in Geneva.
Finally, another UN figure spoke in relation to the problem. It was the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, who explained that “It is a war crime to use hunger for military purposes ”
Source: Ambito
