UN spokesman: International humanitarian law prohibits Israeli army’s detonation of drinking water reservoir in Gaza’s Rafah

GENEVA: UN Human Rights Spokesperson, Jeremy Laurence, said the international humanitarian law categorically prohibits the Israeli occupation army's blowing up of a drinking water reservoir in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. In a press statement today, the UN Human Rights Spokesperson said that under international humanitarian law, it is strictly prohibited to attack facilities indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, including water resources", noting that Israel has a well-documented failure to ensure accountability for violations of international law. He stated that it is essential to find solutions at the international level to address Israel's long-standing accountability gap. A video circulating online showed Israeli soldiers detonating and destroying a water reservoir for Palestinians in Rafah. The occupation forces deliberately destroyed water networks, wells and desalination plants in the Gaza Strip, causing a severe water crisis. The lack of fuel also limits the o peration of the remaining desalination plants in the Strip. The occupation's aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, air and sea, since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 39,363 citizens, mostly children and women, and the injury of 90,923 others. Thousands of victims remain trapped under rubble and scattered on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews face tremendous difficulties in reaching them. cannot reach them. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA