US EditionBBC World Service - Newshour, Escalating Bombardments of Gaza
- The senior human rights official at the United Nations condemned Israel’s renewed military actions in Gaza after a two-month ceasefire ended in March 2024.
- The offensive resumed after Israel reinstated a full blockade on Gaza and authorized a strategy to reclaim control of the territory, despite the worsening humanitarian situation.
- The blockade has caused severe food shortages, the closure of crossings to aid since March 2, hospital strikes in Khan Yunis, and displacement of about 17,000 people from northern Gaza.
- Volker Turk condemned the recent intensified bombings and the withholding of humanitarian aid in Gaza, suggesting these actions indicate an effort to forcibly alter the population makeup of the area, which violates international law and could be considered an act of ethnic cleansing.
- The UN rights chief urged all parties and influential states to stop the assaults, emphasizing hospitals’ protected status and describing attacks on patients and civilians as "tragic" and "abhorrent.
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BBC World Service - Newshour, Escalating bombardments of Gaza
The UN's human rights chief Volker Turk has condemned Israel for its escalating bombardments of Gaza, saying it's apparently seeking to permanently displace the population and that this amounts to ethnic cleansing. We speak to a young mother and aid worker in Gaza and a politician from Israel's ruling party. Also in the programme: A breakthrough in gene editing therapy, after a promising treatment of a baby in the US; and how just appearing on t…
UN rights chief warns of ’ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza
The UN's rights chief on Friday denounced Israel's sharp escalation of attacks in Gaza -- and an apparent push to permanently displace the population -- as amounting to "ethnic cleansing". "This latest barrage of bombs... and the denial of humanitarian assistance underline that there appears to be a push for a permanent demographic shift in Gaza that is in defiance of international law and is tantamount to ethnic cleansing," Volker Turk said in …
UN rights chief warns of 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza
The UN's rights chief on Friday denounced Israel's sharp escalation of attacks in Gaza -- and an apparent push to permanently displace the population -- as amounting to "ethnic cleansing"."This latest barrage of bombs... and the denial of humanitarian assistance underline that there appears to be a push for a permanent demographic shift in Gaza that is in defiance of international law and is tantamount to ethnic cleansing," Volker Turk said in a…
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