The United Nations on Tuesday condemned Israel’s apparent use of starvation as a weapon in Gaza, a war crime, and urged its military to cease firing on civilians seeking food.
"Israel's militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism is in contradiction with international standards on aid distribution," the U.N. human rights office said in written notes provided before a briefing.
"Desperate, hungry people in Gaza continue to face the inhumane choice of either starving to death or risk being killed while trying to get food."
The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began food distribution operations in Gaza on May 26 after Israel completely cut off supplies into the occupied Palestinian territory for more than two months, sparking warnings of mass famine.
The U.N. said in May that "100% of the population" of the besieged territory were "at risk of famine."
