UN Experts Decry 'Enforced Disappearances' of Gazans at Food Aid Sites
UN experts accuse Israeli military of enforced disappearances at Gaza aid sites, reporting over 1,000 Palestinians killed seeking aid since May, urging immediate investigation and accountability.
- On Thursday, UN rights experts voiced alarm at reports of enforced disappearances at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites and urged Israel to stop the "heinous crime".
- Seven independent experts reported several forced disappearances, including one child, after visits to Rafah aid sites, with Israel's military reportedly involved and withholding detainee information.
- The experts demanded authorities clarify disappeared persons' fate and investigate perpetrators, while Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said there was `no evidence` of enforced disappearances at its sites.
- The experts warned that distribution points pose risks of forced disappearances, and said using food for mass disappearances amounts to torture and `needs to end now`.
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UN human rights experts described reports of "forced disappearances" of several Palestinians in distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as "a heinous crime" in a statement issued on Thursday, 28 August, which included a child in search of food. The experts urge the Israeli authorities to put an end to this "heinous crime against an already vulnerable population".
News24 | UN experts decry 'enforced disappearances' at Gaza aid sites
UN rights experts voiced alarm on Thursday at reports of “enforced disappearances” of starving Palestinians seeking food at distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, urging Israel to end the “heinous crime”.
According to UN experts, Palestinians are disappearing from Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) feeding stations in Gaza. The UN Human Rights Office reported this…
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