UN Accuses Israel of Aid Weaponization

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00:00Gemma, yeah, the spotlight back on Gaza, and we just heard from Trent there,

00:06but what are aid organisations and charities now saying about this really concerning, complete halt?

00:15Well, the UN has not held back with their criticism of this two-day, well, apparently two-day halt, initially two days.

00:24Um, so, uh, Thamin Al-Kitan, he's a spokesman for the UN Human Rights Office, he said,

00:32Israel's militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism is in contradiction with international standards on aid distribution.

00:38So he's saying they're contravening, you know, what they should be doing legally.

00:43He also said, called it the weaponisation of food for civilians.

00:48So, using aid or halting aid as a weapon against the people.

00:55Um, and then he said it was up for the courts to decide whether or not a war crime had been committed.

01:00Now, he wasn't the only one.

01:01There was, um, uh, Philippe Lazzarini, who's the head of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees,

01:07and he went as far.

01:08He called it an abomination that humiliates and degrades desperate people,

01:12and he also referred to it as a death trap.

01:15Now, I, this is in regards to the GHF.

01:19So, the two attacks on Palestinians recently have happened near GHF distribution centres,

01:26and there were claims that Palestinians were, you know, trying to overrun distribution centres.

01:32Obviously, these are desperate people trying to get, you know, uh, water and food and aid.

01:37But that was used as the excuse for opening fire on these people.

01:42So, the UN has not held back at all.

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