OHCHR Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan stated condemnation of the 2 strikes by Israeli forces on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis now must be channelled into a requirement for accountability and justice for all these killed.
A minimum of 20 died, together with 4 well being staff and 5 journalists, later named as Ahed Abu Aziz, Hussam al-Masri, Mariam Dagga, Mohammed Salama and Moaz Abu Taha. They labored for shops together with Center East Eye, the Related Press, Al Jazeera and Reuters.
Two strikes
Video taken on the scene exhibits a second strike apparently focusing on rescuers who had arrived on the scene of the preliminary assault on southern Gaza’s largest medical facility on Monday.
“We all know that one of many 5 journalists seems to have been killed within the first air strike whereas three others together with the ladies journalist seem to have been killed within the second air strike. This can be a shock and that is unacceptable,” stated Mr. Al-Kheetan.
“A minimum of 247 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza because the seventh of October 2023,” he continued.
“These journalists are the eyes and the ears of the entire world and so they should be protected…This raises many, many questions on the focusing on of journalists and all of those incidents should completely be investigated and people accountable should be held accountable.
He added that OHCHR was persevering with to corroborate the factual particulars of Monday’s strikes, including that focusing on journalists in addition to hospitals is forbidden underneath worldwide legislation.
The pinnacle of UN cultural company, UNESCO – which advocates for press freedom and journalists’ security – additionally condemned the killings, reiterating her name to respect UN Safety Council decision 2222, unanimously adopted in 2015 on the safety of journalists, media professionals and related personnel as civilians in conditions of battle.
Audrey Azoulay stated UNESCO is offering emergency help to journalists within the Gaza Strip, together with psychosocial help, entry to working tools, and capacity-building
Investigations should ‘yield outcomes’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the killings expressing remorse, describing the incident as a “tragic mishap”. He stated the Israeli army would perform “an intensive investigation.”
The OHCHR spokesperson advised journalists in Geneva that Israeli authorities had carried out investigations up to now, because the occupying energy.
“However these investigations must yield outcomes. There must be justice. We have not seen outcomes or accountability measures but,” he stated.
Hunger deaths mount as hundreds flee new displacement orders
Three extra folks have died of hunger in Gaza, the UN reported on Tuesday, bringing the toll from starvation to 303. The Gaza Ministry of Well being reported 117 of the victims had been youngsters.
The Israeli army has ordered contemporary evacuations in Gaza Metropolis’s Advert Daraj and Ash Sheikh Radwan districts, forcing households to flee once more.
For the reason that offensive started on 14 August, greater than 36,200 folks have been uprooted, with most heading south to Deir al Balah and Khan Younis. “Folks proceed to flee in worry for his or her lives,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric advised reporters in New York.
Hospitals run out of blood
Hospitals at the moment are warning of important shortages of blood. They want greater than 350 models a day to deal with the wounded, however donations have collapsed as famine deepens. The Ministry of Well being has issued an pressing attraction.
Humanitarian businesses additionally face heavy restrictions on help deliveries. Of 12 UN missions requiring Israeli approval on Sunday, solely six went forward.
Others had been blocked, cancelled, or denied outright, together with a plan to restore roads in Khan Younis.
With famine confirmed in Gaza governorate, the UN humanitarian workplace (OCHA) warned the results of “ongoing hostilities, displacement and help obstruction are much more devastating”. The UN is demanding a direct ceasefire and “full, unhindered humanitarian entry”.
