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Starving Gaza ‘is a war crime,’ says UN rights chief
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUN rights chief Volker Turk says “it is a war crime to use starvation as a method of warfare,” minutes after famine was declared in the Gaza Strip by an international hunger monitor.
Turk says the resulting deaths “may also amount to the war crime of willful killing,” while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “we cannot allow this situation to continue with impunity.”
Guterres also calls for “an immediate ceasefire, the immediate release of all hostages, and full, unfettered humanitarian access.”
Israel rejects the accusations of having created a famine in the Gaza Strip.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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