US EditionUN aid chief defends using 'genocide' in Gaza remarks to the Security Council that Israel rejects
- The top humanitarian official at the United Nations defended his use of the term "genocide" to describe the situation in Gaza during a recent address to the U.N. Security Council.
- This statement follows a 19-month war triggered by Hamas's attack and reflects concerns over worsening humanitarian conditions and legal violations.
- Fletcher criticized a U.S.-backed, Israel-supported aid distribution proposal as dehumanizing, involving forced displacement and controlled access to aid in Gaza.
- Fletcher said, "we would be undermining our humanitarian principles" and warned this system could set a precedent for other occupying powers controlling aid.
- The dispute highlights deep tensions over aid, with Israel blocking aid until a distribution system giving it control is in place, while millions of Palestinians face starvation.
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