{"id":349450,"date":"2024-03-29T11:11:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T10:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2024\/03\/29\/corte-aia-gaza-israele-aiuti-umanitari\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T17:27:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T15:27:48","slug":"for-the-hague-court-conditions-in-gaza-are-worsening-israel-must-guarantee-unhindered-humanitarian-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/03\/29\/for-the-hague-court-conditions-in-gaza-are-worsening-israel-must-guarantee-unhindered-humanitarian-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"For The Hague court, conditions in Gaza are worsening, Israel must “guarantee unhindered humanitarian aid”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – The people of Gaza are no longer just facing the risk of famine, but “famine is setting in,<\/strong>” according to\u00a0the International Court of Justice, which\u00a0updated<\/a> the list of interim measures imposed<\/a>\u00a0on Israel on\u00a0Jan. 26 to prevent the possible crime of genocide against Palestinians in the Strip. Tel Aviv is to “ensure<\/strong>, without delay,\u00a0the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic\u00a0 services and humanitarian assistance<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

The latest numbers recorded by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA-OPT) are chilling: at least 31 people, including 27 children, have already died from malnutrition<\/strong> and dehydration. The Hague Tribunal, therefore, insists that the Israeli authorities “must\u00a0increase the capacity and number of open land crossing points and to keep them open for as long as necessary” to allow the entry of “food, water, electricity, fuel, shelter, clothing, hygiene and sanitation, as well as medical supplies and assistance to Palestinians throughout Gaza.”<\/p>\n

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The panel of magistrates handling the possible genocide case in Gaza [Photograph: UN Photo\/ICJ-CIJ\/Frank van Beek]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With one defection by former Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak, the 15-magistrate panel that is handling the case on the genocide risk in Gaza raised by South Africa also ordered Israel to “ensure with immediate effect that its military does not commit acts which constitute a violation of any of the rights of the Palestinians in Gaza <\/strong>as a protected group under the Genocide Convention.” This includes deliberately preventing the delivery of aid.<\/p>\n

Two months have passed since the Court’s first verdict calling on Israel to “take all necessary measures to prevent genocide in Gaza.” The Jewish state, on Feb. 26 (the following month), sent a report to The Hague outlining the actions taken to protect the civilian population. But in the update of measures requested yesterday, the Court\u00a0 “observes\u00a0with regret that, since then, the catastrophic
\nliving conditions of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have deteriorated further, i<\/strong>n particular in view of the prolonged and widespread deprivation of food and other basic necessities.” Moreover, since Jan. 26, Israeli military operations have reportedly claimed more than 6,600 lives and injured nearly 11,000 people. Bringing the total death toll to over 32,400 and the total number of wounded to almost\u00a075,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Israel reiterated that there is an “extensive record of Israeli efforts in the humanitarian sphere to alleviate the suffering of the civilian population<\/strong> in general and to address the challenge of food insecurity in particular.\u201d\u00a0It rejected “in the strongest terms” South Africa’s accusations that starvation in Gaza is the direct result of “deliberate acts and omissions.”<\/p>\n