The Guardian/ Nina Lakhani/6.3.2024
Any weapon will do in this illegal genocidal war – Mark
Special rapporteurs say ‘campaign of starvation and targeting of civilians’ must end after incident in Gaza on Thursday
UN experts have condemned the violence they say was unleashed by Israeli forces last week on Palestinians gathered in Gaza City to collect flour as a “massacre”.
In a statement, a group of UN special rapporteurs accused Israel of “intentionally starving the Palestinian people in Gaza since 8 October,” adding: “Now it is targeting civilians seeking humanitarian aid and humanitarian convoys.”
“Israel must end its campaign of starvation and targeting of civilians,” said the UN experts, who warned there was mounting evidence of famine in the Gaza Strip.
At least 112 people died and 760 were injured on Thursday when desperate crowds gathered to collect flour.
Witnesses in Gaza and some of the injured said Israeli forces opened fire on the crowd, causing panic. Israel said people died in a crush or were run over by aid lorries although it admitted its troops had fired on what it called a “mob”.
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