United Nations Secretary-General's speaking to the Security Council on Oct 24, 2023 sought to calm Israeli's leaders, who were already heavily bombing Israel's long subjugated Gaza Palestinians under illegal military occupation.
"It is important to also recognise the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation."
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stated on November 6, 2023, that
"Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children,"
Earlier, UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder remarked on October 31, 2023, that "Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children," This was an observation after only three weeks of the relentless bombing, shelling and demolitions that will go on for more than a year.
The U.N. special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territory claimed this week that Israel does not have a right to self-defense against Hamas under international law and accused the country of committing "war crimes.
"Israel cannot claim the right of self-defense against a threat that emanates from a territory it occupies, from a territory that is under belligerent occupation,"
The comments from Francesca Albanese came November 16, 2023, during an address to the National Press Club of Australia, when she deemed Israel's right to self-defense "non-existent" under international law as she took aim at the war-torn country for its "unrelenting bombardment of Gaza" and other actions. (Fox News Nov. 16, 2023)
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