Israeli agency that approves aid shipments into Gaza, responded to the UN report, saying Israel "does not use hunger as a weapon of war".
"is consistent with the characteristics of genocide," including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and...
COGAT, the Israeli agency that approves aid shipments into Gaza, responded on Saturday in statement that said Israel "does not use hunger as a weapon of war". Israel earlier this year rejected what it called the "grossly distorted" accusation of genocide levelled against it by South Africa, arguing in the UN's International Court of Justice that its war was fought in self-defence and that it was targeting Hamas rather than Palestinians, following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, terror attacks in Israel.
Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza after weeks of intense Israeli military operations in recent weeks have described a chronic lack of food and people dying of hunger, as aid agencies warn that the area is on the brink of famine. The State Department said that while changes were needed, progress had been made, so there would be no disruption to US arms supplies.
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