- Title: Israeli actions in Gaza resemble 'atrocity crimes', says UN aid agency
- Date: 28th March 2025
- Summary: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (MARCH 27, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS, RUBBLE PALESTINIAN WOMAN HANGING LAUNDRY IN HER PARTIALLY DESTROYED HOUSE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING AMONG DESTRUCTION FAMILY SITTING INSIDE DESTROYED BUILDING GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (MARCH 28, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PRESS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPOKESPERSON FOR T
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- Keywords: Gaza Hamas Israel OCHA United Nations
- Location: KHAN YOUNIS, ABALIA AND GAZA CITY, GAZA / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
- City: KHAN YOUNIS, ABALIA AND GAZA CITY, GAZA / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001244028032025RP1
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- Story Text: Israeli actions in Gaza, including strikes on populated areas in which civilians have been killed, "bear the hallmarks of atrocities," the agency that coordinates U.N. humanitarian aid said on Friday (March 28).
"It has been 10 days of witnessing... a callous disregard for human life and dignity. The acts of war that we see bear the hallmarks of atrocity crimes," Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said in Geneva.
Israel denies violating humanitarian law in Gaza and blames Hamas fighters for harm to civilians for operating among them, which the fighters deny. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister have been indicted alongside Hamas leaders by the International Criminal Court in The Hague on war crimes charges which Israel rejects.
Laerke said stocks of food and medical supplies are running out very fast as the Israeli authorities have blocked aid from crossing into the enclave since March 2.
Netanyahu's office said it would not allow the entry of all goods and supplies into the enclave until all remaining hostages were released.
The World Food Programme said it has 5,700 tonnes of food stocks left in Gaza, enough to support its operations for two weeks at most.
There are also severe shortages of blood supplies to treat the wounded in Gaza, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli campaign in Gaza, Palestinian officials say. It was launched after thousands of Hamas-led gunmen attacked communities in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and abducting 251 as hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
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