Gaza War: UN official accuses Israel of genocide, urges arms embargo
FirstpostIsrael’s diplomatic office in Geneva called the usage of the phrase “genocide” “outrageous” and stated that Palestinian civilians were not the target of the battle, but rather the Islamist organization Hamas. It began when Hamas fighters invaded southern Israel, according to Israeli accounts, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping 253 Arab states like Qatar and African nations like Algeria and Mauritania expressed concern about the humanitarian situation and their support for Albanese's conclusions Image Courtesy AFP A UN expert called on nations to quickly apply sanctions and a weapons embargo, telling the world body’s Human Rights Council on Tuesday that she thought Israel’s military campaign in Gaza since October 7 amounted to genocide. “It is my solemn duty to report on the worst of what humanity is capable of and to present my findings,” Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Territories, told the UN rights body in Geneva, presenting a report called “The Anatomy of a Genocide”. Arab states like Qatar and African nations like Algeria and Mauritania expressed concern about the humanitarian situation and their support for Albanese’s conclusions.