The United Nations: The expansion of the attack on Gaza will exacerbate the human suffering and will not succeed in release the hostages

In a statement issued today, Wednesday, Mr. Turk confirmed that the expansion of the Israeli attack on Gaza will inevitably lead to more mass, dead and wounded displacement among innocent civilians and the destruction of a little of the remaining infrastructure.

He added: “There is no reason to believe that the doubling of military strategies, which has not led to a permanent solution for a year and eight months, or the release of all hostages, will succeed today.”

He stressed that the expansion of the Israeli attack on Gaza will exacerbate the misery and the suffering that caused them “The full blockade imposed on the entry of basic commodities about nine weeks ago.”

He stated that the residents of Gaza have already been deprived of all the necessities of life, especially food, “with the continued Israeli attacks on societal kitchens, and those who are trying to maintain the minimum law and order.” He said: “Any use to starve the civilian population as a method of war is a war crime.”

The High Commissioner said that the only permanent solution to this crisis lies in complete compliance with international law, including what it stipulated International Court of Justice In the advisory opinion it issued in the year 2024 and its orders on temporary measures.

It is noteworthy that the court had issued orders in January that Israel would do everything in its power to prevent all the actions included in the second article of the agreement to prevent and punish genocide, in relation to the Palestinians in Gaza, and added to it at the end of March of the same year.

In particular, this includes actions related to killing members of a group, or a serious physical or psychological harm to them, or the congregation – intentionally – to living conditions intended to be destroyed entirely or partially.

The court also paid a consultative opinion in July 2024, which said that the continuation of the existence of the State of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory is illegal. She explained that international organizations, including the United Nations, are obligated not to recognize the legitimacy of the situation arising from this illegal existence.

More about the developments related to Gaza later …