ARAB AND WORLD
Tue 19 Dec 2023 7:01 am - Jerusalem Time
United Nations: There is a need to establish a special court for accountability in the Gaza war
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said on Monday that "impunity is strongly prevalent in the Gaza Strip war, and there may be a need to establish a special accountability court."
Griffiths added, in an interview with the British newspaper "Financial Times": "There are no indications that the Israeli attack in the south of the Gaza Strip is more precise than in the north, and this is disappointing."
He continued, saying: "They (the Israeli side) promised us this (avoiding the bombing of civilians), and the truth of the matter is that we have never seen that in the south. On the contrary, we have witnessed the increase in bombing."
Griffiths stressed that "impunity is strongly prevalent in the Gaza war, and there may be a need to establish a special court for accountability," stressing that "the number of deaths from diseases in Gaza is many times the number resulting from the bombing."
Since last October 7, the Israeli occupation army has been waging a devastating war and aggression against Gaza, leaving about 19 thousands dead and 51,000 wounded, most of them children and women, massive destruction of infrastructure and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.
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United Nations: There is a need to establish a special court for accountability in the Gaza war