FLASH
Shkruar nga Pamfleti
The UN human rights chief said on Thursday that the destruction of buildings by the Israeli army in the border area with Israel in Gaza, with the aim of creating a neutral zone, constitutes a war crime.
"Disasters aimed at creating a 'neutral zone' for security reasons do not meet the criteria (...) of international humanitarian law. I insist to the Israeli authorities on the fact that Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits the destruction of property belonging to private individuals, unless such destruction has become absolutely necessary for military operations. The massive destruction of buildings, unjustified by military order and carried out arbitrarily (…) constitutes a war crime ," Volker Turk said in a press release.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also said that since October, his agencies have recorded widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure by the Israeli military.
It is mainly about residential buildings and universities in areas where fighting has not taken place or is no longer taking place. Such destruction has been seen in recent weeks in Beit Hanoun and Gaza City in the north of the besieged Palestinian enclave, as well as in the Nuseirat and Khan Younis camps in the south.
"Israel has not provided convincing reasons to justify this massive destruction of civilian infrastructure. I remind the authorities that the forced displacement of civilians can constitute a war crime ", he underlined.
Lini një Përgjigje