Girls walk with water containers past destroyed buildings and a puddle of sewage water erupting from collapsed underground pipes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 8, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Credit: Bashar Taleb/AFP)
U.N. rights experts on Tuesday accused Israel of carrying out a "targeted starvation campaign" that has resulted in the deaths of children in Gaza.
"We declare that Israel's intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across all of Gaza," 10 independent United Nations experts said in a statement, listing three children who had recently died "from malnutrition and lack of access to adequate healthcare."
U.N. rights experts on Tuesday accused Israel of carrying out a "targeted starvation campaign" that has resulted in the deaths of children in Gaza.
"We declare that Israel's intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across all of Gaza," 10 independent United Nations experts said in a statement, listing three children who had recently died "from malnutrition and lack of access to adequate healthcare."