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A United Nations special envoy has accused Israel of carrying out an unprecedentedly rapid starvation campaign in Gaza, describing it as the fastest in modern history.
Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, made the remarks during a joint press briefing in Geneva alongside other UN experts.
“How is Israel able to starve 2.3 million people so quickly and so completely?” Fakhri questioned. “This is the fastest starvation campaign in modern history.”
With Israel blocking the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza, he rejected claims of a ceasefire.
“This is not a ceasefire by any definition. This is a slowing down of military violence, but… an unfolding of death through starvation,” he said.
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, warned that even if hostilities ceased immediately, “the genocide will continue because there are no ways to remedy the destruction” inflicted on the region.
She also cautioned that violence in the occupied West Bank was reaching critical levels.
“I don’t know how many warnings the international community will need,” she said. “We will miss human rights very much when they are no longer able to protect us.”
Ben Saul, the UN special rapporteur on human rights protection, condemned US President Donald Trump’s proposed plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza, calling it a blatant violation of international law.
“It would shatter the most fundamental rules of international order and the United Nations Charter since 1945,” Saul stated.
He emphasised that forcibly annexing territory, deporting its population, and denying Palestinians the right to self-determination is “manifestly illegal.”
Saul also denounced Israel’s “continuing illegal military provocation in the wider region.”
