ARAB AND WORLD
Tue 07 Nov 2023 8:00 pm - Jerusalem Time
The High Commissioner for Human Rights begins a tour in the Middle East on the war in Gaza
On Tuesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, began a visit to the Middle East amid the escalation of massacres committed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip, coinciding with the United Nations warning that the besieged Strip is approaching a “collapse point” due to its lack of fuel.
Turk began his five-day tour from Egypt, where he arrived today. He will visit the Rafah crossing tomorrow, Wednesday, before traveling to the Jordanian capital, Amman, next Thursday. The tour also includes Israel, the occupied West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, according to a statement issued by his office.
The statement said that the tour “comes against the backdrop of the ongoing and very serious human rights and humanitarian crisis” in Gaza, noting that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will speak during his visit with government officials and civil society actors, with those affected and injured, and with his colleagues at the United Nations regarding the situation. Human rights in the region.
"It has been a whole month of carnage, continuous suffering, bloodshed, destruction, anger and despair," Türk said.
He stressed that “human rights violations are the root of this escalation,” and said that “human rights play an essential role in finding a way out of this spiral of pain.” Breaking Point In a related context, Jens Laerke, spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, warned on Tuesday, He stressed that services in the Gaza Strip are approaching the "collapse point" without fuel supplies, adding that the 569 relief trucks that entered the Strip so far were not carrying any fuel for Gaza.
Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, said last week that There is progress in negotiations regarding allowing fuel to enter the Gaza Strip, which is besieged by Israel, without going into details.
The Israeli occupation continues its war on Gaza for the 32nd day in a row, and the violent bombing has led to the death of more than 10,000 Palestinians in the Strip so far, most of whom are women and children. It also injured more than 25 thousand people.
Source: French + Reuters
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The High Commissioner for Human Rights begins a tour in the Middle East on the war in Gaza