World Courant
RAMALLAH, Palestine
Palestine on Friday welcomed the UN’s choice so as to add the Israeli military to a world record of offenders who’ve dedicated violations in opposition to kids, generally known as the “record of disgrace.”
“The Safety Council should now undertake a decision to instantly halt the continued aggression in opposition to our folks and cease the acts of genocide being dedicated in Gaza, the West Financial institution, and Jerusalem,” Palestine’s official information company WAFA quoted Palestinian presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh as saying in a press release.
He additionally emphasised the urgency of worldwide intervention to stop Israeli assaults on Gazans.
“The time has come to finish the aggression and implement worldwide legitimacy resolutions, together with the latest choice by UN Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres so as to add Israel to the record of kid rights violators and the Worldwide Court docket of Justice’s rulings to cease Israeli aggression,” he stated.
He described this transfer as “a step in the fitting path to carry Israel accountable for its crimes” by way of worldwide motion, paving the best way for the enforcement of worldwide resolutions associated to the Palestinian trigger.
Earlier within the day, Israeli envoy to the UN Gilad Erdan stated the UN secretary-general added the Israeli military to a world record of offenders who’ve violated kids’s rights.
He said on X that he has obtained official notification of the secretary-general’s choice to incorporate the Israeli military on the “blacklist” of nations and organizations that hurt kids.
That is the primary time the Israeli navy has been included on this record, regardless of years of calls from worldwide human rights organizations for such motion.
The “record of disgrace” is appended by the UN secretary-general to his report on kids in armed battle, specializing in these concerned in violations corresponding to killing, maiming, recruiting, and sexually exploiting kids.
The UN’s choice so as to add the Israeli military to the “record of disgrace,” which additionally contains terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda, Daesh/ISIS, and Boko Haram, will probably be in impact for 4 years.
Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza since a Hamas assault final Oct. 7 regardless of a UN Safety Council decision demanding a direct cease-fire.
Greater than 36,700 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them girls and kids, and over 83,500 others injured, in response to native well being authorities.
Eight months into the Israeli conflict, huge tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water, and medication.
Israel stands accused of genocide on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, whose newest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to instantly halt its operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place over one million Palestinians had sought refuge from the conflict earlier than it was invaded on Might 6.
*Writing by Mohammad Sio
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