ARAB AND WORLD
Thu 21 Nov 2024 1:56 pm - Jerusalem Time
Jordan: Israel's bombing of a neighborhood in Beit Lahia and a house in Sheikh Radwan is a "war crime"
Jordan condemned in the strongest terms, on Thursday, Israel's bombing of a residential neighborhood in the town of Beit Lahia, in the North Gaza Governorate, and a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.
He considered this a "war crime added to the ongoing crimes of the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip."
Earlier on Thursday, "66 Palestinians, including children and women, were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed a residential area around Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Beit Lahia project."
Meanwhile, a child was killed and his parents were injured as a result of an Israeli drone strike that targeted them in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, according to a medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital.
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry condemned, in a statement, "in the strongest terms the crime of Israel's bombing of a residential neighborhood in Beit Lahia and a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the deaths of more than 80 people and the injury of dozens, most of them women and children."
She stressed that this represents a "flagrant violation of the rules of international law, especially the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 1949, and a war crime added to the ongoing crimes of the Israeli occupation in the Strip."
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry stressed "the Kingdom's absolute rejection and condemnation of Israel's continued violations of international law and international humanitarian law, and its continued systematic targeting of innocent civilians."
The ministry also noted that this is happening "in light of the Security Council's failure, once again yesterday, Wednesday, to reach a resolution imposing a ceasefire, destruction and humanitarian catastrophe caused by the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza."
In the Foreign Ministry’s statement, Jordan renewed its call for the international community to “assume its legal and moral responsibilities and compel Israel to immediately stop its ongoing aggression against Gaza, its ongoing violations of international law and international humanitarian law, stop its crimes against the brotherly Palestinian people, and hold those responsible accountable.”
On Wednesday evening, the United States used its veto power again against a draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all prisoners.
The draft resolution received the support of 14 members of the Council to 15, but it was not adopted because the United States, a permanent member of the Council, used its veto power.
The draft resolution that the Security Council failed to adopt stressed "the demand that the parties comply with their obligations under international law with regard to the persons they detain and to enable the civilian population in the Gaza Strip to immediately obtain basic services and humanitarian assistance necessary for their survival."
The draft resolution at the same time rejected "any action that would lead to the starvation of the Palestinians, and called for the full, rapid, safe and unhindered entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and all its areas."
He called on all parties to "fully comply with international law, including international humanitarian law, in particular its provisions relating to the protection of civilians, including in particular women, children and persons hors de combat, as well as its provisions relating to the protection of civilian objects."
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Jordan: Israel's bombing of a neighborhood in Beit Lahia and a house in Sheikh Radwan is a "war crime"