UN says that Israel’s planned Gaza City Military Offensive ‘should be stopped immediately’

LONDON – On the heels of the Israeli Security Cabinet, plans approve of Gaza City, the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said: “This further escalation will lead to more murder, more unbearable suffering, meaningless destruction,” according to a statement released on Friday morning.

Turk shouted that the offensive is ‘stopped immediately’.

“The plan of the Israeli government for a full military acquisition of the occupied Gaza Strip must be stopped immediately,” Turk said. “It takes contrary to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Israel must terminate its occupation as quickly as possible, until the awareness of the agreed two -state solution and to the right of Palestinians to self -determination.”

Antonio Costa, president of the European Union Council, strongly urged the Israeli government to reconsider her decision to take over Gaza City and said it will worsen the situation in Gaza alone.

“Such an operation – together with the constant illegal expansion of settlements on the western Jordanoever, the massive destruction in Gaza, the blockade of humanitarian aid and the distribution of Hunger Nood – not only violates the agreement with the EU announced by the High Representative on July 19, but also said in the Fundamentele” Costa, “said Costa,” said Costa, “said Costa,” A message on social media.

“Such a decision must have consequences for the relationships of EU-Israel,” he said.

“The situation in Gaza remains dramatic and the decision of the Israeli government will only make it worse. The two -state solution remains the only sustainable, long -term solution for peace and safety in Israel and the region,” Costa said.

Germany, one of the nearest allies of Israel, announced on Friday that it will suspend the weapon output to Israel that can be used in the Gaza Strip until further notice. Germany said that the “release of hostages and targeted negotiations on a cease -fire is our top priority.”

“The still strict military action by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, approved by the Israeli security cabinet last night, makes it increasingly difficult, from the perspective of the German government, to see how these goals should be achieved,” said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a statement.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back on the decision.

“Germany rewards Hamas terrorism through burning weapons to Israel,” said Netanyahu in a statement released after he had spoken with Merz.

Germany is the second largest exporter from military equipment to Israel, according to the US, according to the US The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

In response to Israel’s plans to take over Gaza City, Hamas claimed that this was the reason that Israel withdrew from the last round of negotiations, and that they “were about to reach an agreement for a cease -the fire and prison exchange.”

Hamas called Israel’s newest plan a new war crime and said that the Israeli government “does not care about the fate of their prisoners,” and that they sacrifice them.

Hamas confirmed “maximum flexibility and positivity” compared to a ceasefire -but warned Israel the current plan “will be high costs and will not be a walk in the park.”

Family members of hostages and other demonstrators gathered in front of the building where the Israeli cabinet was in session to protest the current proposal from Netanyahu to occupy the whole of Gaza and to call the move a “death sense” for the remaining hostages in a statement of the high -ranges and Missage Families forum.

“For a year and ten months we tried to believe that everything is being done to bring them back – you have failed. Now it is necessary to do the only thing the government has not done yet – put an extensive deal on the table that will bring them all home,” said Anat Anst Anst, Mother of Gijzelaar Matan Angrest.

The plan of Israel for an expansion of military operations comes in the midst of international conviction of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

“The Security Cabinet has approved the Prime Minister’s proposal for Hamas’ defeat,” said the office of the Israeli Prime Minister in a statement released on Thursday. “The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] Will prepare for the acquisition of Gaza City, while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the battle zones. “

However, Turk said that the potential escalation will only lead to more problems in the region. leading to what he says, “meaningless destruction and atrocities.”

“The war in Gaza must now end. And Israelis and Palestinians must be able to live side by side in peace,” said Turk. “Instead of intensifying this war, the Israeli government must make all its efforts to save the lives of the citizens of Gaza by allowing the full, unobstructed stream of humanitarian aid. The hostages must be immediately and unconditionally released by Palestinian armed groups. Palestinians must also be released randomly.”

In a Fox News interview earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said repeatedly that he does not want to “rule Gaza”, but he wants to “hand over it to Arabic troops who will rule well without” Israel “threatening.

Hamas, who responded to the FOX News interview, said in a statement that “Netanyahu’s statements represent a blatant reversal of the negotiation process and clearly uncover the real motives behind his withdrawal from the last round of conversations, even though we are approaching a definitive agreement.”

On Sunday, an Israeli official ABC News said that Netanyahu insisted on expanding the military operation in Gaza on the basis of the fact that he thought Hamas was not interested in achieving a new cease -the detached, including survivor hostages.

When asked about the possible expansion of the campaign in Gaza, said spokesperson for the US Department of Foreign Affairs Tammy Bruce Tuesday: “Reporting is one thing. Real plans can be another. We are not busy interpreting statements of foreign governments when and if they are made.”

“We remain aimed at freeing the hostages, including the remains of two Americans, and to ensure that Hamas never reigns Gaza,” said Bruce.