I've just invoked Art.99 of the UN Charter - for the 1st time in my tenure as Secretary-General.
Facing a severe risk of collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza, I urge the Council to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe & appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared.
Anyone who knows the International Committee of the Red Cross knows that their official policy is to never speak out (https://t.co/pGX2wTwQKs)
Which is why such a statement by the ICRC president is so exceptional, and why you should listen.
Here's what she says:
"The things I saw [in the European Gaza hospital] is beyond anything that anyone should be in a position to described.
What shocked me the most were the children, with atrocious injuries and at the same time having lost their parents with no-one looking after them.
We are facing a situation here that will not be healed by sending in more trucks. We need to provide protection to the civilians in Gaza, to the women and children, to the elderly people that I saw today that have nowhere to go...
We have to find solutions to this. We can't turn away from what is evidently a moral failure in the face of the international community."
@OmarBaddar If the IDFs intelligence is so good that it can pinpoint targets in a location where thousands are on the move how come its intelligence didn’t know about the horrendous Hamas attacks?
@rajthegreatone @Sprinter99800 What exactly? The land grab of Palestinians homes for the past half century? The denial of their sovereignty? Connecting the dots🙄🙄🙄. Are you connecting the dot you only like or the facts?
@TrollFake16@MacaesBruno Ya....condemn it 🙄🙄. How come Israel is not under sanctions like Russia for all atrocities and land grabs before 2023? Russia was sanctioned within two months of attacking Ukraine.
@realJONKSMITH@th0usandw0rd @JoeyMannarinoUS Wow....thats a new low. So your saying after 1963 CIA is responsible for possible attrocities and not the civilians of USA. But for Palestin, the civilians are responsible not Hamas govt 🤔? Your logic is not working Man!!
@realJONKSMITH@th0usandw0rd @JoeyMannarinoUS I guess with your logic, US govt induced attrocities shall be paid by the lives of US citizens? Where shall we start? Nagasaki/Hiroshima? Or Iraq or Libya?? .....
@jerseyshoreRE4U@giannipov@simonateba@netanyahu It seems to me you are caught up with only the latest headlines of MSM coverage stearing our emotions and clouding judgment. Keep in mind this has been going on for over half a century. https://t.co/FEqI1UQF2C
@jerseyshoreRE4U@giannipov@simonateba@netanyahu My heart aches for both Israeli and Palestinian civilians caught in this cruel politics. Whatever happened to humanity first!! Let's not endanger or look the other way when civilians suffer.
@jerseyshoreRE4U@giannipov@simonateba@netanyahu Those ppl you call they deserve it includes babies, toddlers, elders who have no say in what Hamas is doing. There is an international war law for a reason. I guess with your logic what US did in Hiroshima/Nagasaki is also fair.
@jerseyshoreRE4U@giannipov@simonateba@netanyahu 24hrs evacuation time and you are talking about some fanatasy rescue of civilians. We r talking about human beings. Just put yourself in their position. I rest my case.
@jerseyshoreRE4U@giannipov@simonateba@netanyahu I guess you need to have a look on the map. The only option was Egypt but the way has been bombed and egypt has not given permission. But atleast have a look on the map.🙄🙄