The UN’s highest court has begun a week of hearings into the Zionist Entity’s obligation to ensure and facilitate humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories and particularly in Gaza.
The hearings come in response to a resolution passed last year by the UN General Assembly asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to weigh in on the Zionist Entity’s legal responsibilities after the country blocked UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, from operating on its territory.
The hearings opened as as the humanitarian aid system in Gaza is nearing collapse. The UN legal team was the first to address the court on Monday, followed by Palestinian representatives.
The World Food Programme said last week its food stocks in Gaza have run out, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
‘Israel’ has blocked the entry of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies since 2 March, and renewed its military campaign on 18 March, saying it aims to push Hamas to release more hostages.
‘Israel’ not present in The Hague
The Palestinian Ambassador to the Netherlands Ammar Hijazi told the ICJ in The Hague that “’Israel’ is starving, killing and displacing Palestinians while also targeting and blocking humanitarian organizations trying to save their lives”, accusing it of breaching international law.
No Israeli representatives attended the hearing, which Foreign Minister Gideon Saar decried as part of a “systematic persecution and delegitimization” of his entity.
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