Borrell condemns “new massacre” in Gaza – DW – 03/01/2024
The EU diplomacy chief, Josep Borrell, condemned on Thursday (02/29/2024) a “new massacre” in Gaza, where Hamas reported the deaths of at least 110 people by Israeli fire, while a delivery 760 others were injured during the incident. Of humanitarian aid.
“I am horrified by reports of new massacres of civilians in Gaza who were desperately seeking humanitarian aid,” Borrell posted on the social network X. “These deaths are completely unacceptable,” he said.
Israeli soldiers opened fire on a hungry crowd that attacked a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza City on Thursday.
For its part, France condemned the Israeli bombing which caused “a large number of civilian victims” and which it considered “unjustified”.
“The bombardment by the Israeli military against civilians trying to reach food stores is unjustified,” said a French Foreign Ministry spokesman, who asked for the circumstances of the events to be clarified, while Israel and Hamas offered different versions. Are.
Facts about “Great Gravity”
France considered the incidents “very serious” and said that “Israel has a responsibility to follow the rules of international law and protect the delivery of humanitarian aid to the civilian population.”
The spokesman said the tragedy occurred amid the extreme humanitarian situation the Palestinian population is going through “with an increasing and unbearable number of civilians suffering from hunger and disease.”
“An immediate and permanent ceasefire is essential, accompanied by full readiness for the arrival of large-scale humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip and for the protection of civilians,” reiterated the spokesman, who acknowledged that this is “a priority for France.”
United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting
The UN Security Council will urgently meet to address what happened in Gaza, which has been described as “genocide” by the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry.
The Israeli military claimed that a “stampede” occurred when thousands of civilians rushed towards a convoy of 30 aid trucks, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries, some crushed by the vehicles.
An Israeli source claimed that Israeli soldiers opened fire on the crowd because they felt “threatened”. The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 112 people were killed and about 760 were injured.
jc/gs (AFP, EFE, dpa)