Israel using starvation and aid to inflict genocide in Gaza: Amnesty
In a report released on Thursday, the UK-based rights organisation said Israel is systematically inflicting starvation and disease on Palestinians by manipulating humanitarian relief efforts.
The GHF, an organisation imposed on Gaza by Washington and Tel Aviv, has not only been used to sidestep the United Nations but has also, according to Amnesty, played a central role in militarising aid.
'Israel's genocide has continued unabated in Gaza, including through the infliction of conditions of life that have created a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point,' said Amnesty's secretary general, Agnes Callamard.
The report compiled from "heartbreaking testimonies" from medical staff, parents of malnourished children, and displaced Palestinians paint a harrowing picture of extreme "starvation and desperation".
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Their accounts provide further evidence of the catastrophic suffering caused by Israel's restrictions on life-saving aid, its militarised aid scheme, forced displacement, relentless bombardment, and destruction of essential infrastructure.
"This devastating daily loss of life as desperate Palestinians try to collect aid is the consequence of their deliberate targeting by Israeli forces and the foreseeable consequence of irresponsible and lethal methods of distribution,' said Callamard.
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