He also urged Israel to think of its world standing. The reason why you have an international humanitarian law.” That is the reason why you have a rule of war. What we are saying is that the objective cannot be at the expense of this civilian population. “It’s an equation which has to be addressed by those who made the objective to neutralise or eliminate Hamas. Does it mean that the entire population – half of it are children, half of it were born after Hamas came to power – have to pay the price? “It’s a population, which has lived under the rule of Hamas over the last 17 years. You have an organisation called Hamas and you have a population and this population is diverse, vibrant, cannot be equated to Hamas. “Now, we are told, or we hear, that people should move further south-west if the offensive takes place in Khan Yunis but you cannot declare an area safe unilaterally in a war zone.”Īsked whether his call for an extended ceasefire would leave Hamas entrenched and Israel’s security compromised, as Israel suggests would be a consequence, he answered in terms of Gaza’s civilian population: “Gaza is not Hamas. And this has led to the deaths, the killing of more than 200 people, and the injuries are more than 900 in UN installations. “Their locations are known, and despite that, nearly 100 installations have been hit directly or indirectly. “We have 1 million people, 1 million people in UN installations, including 100,000 in the north. Photograph: Salvatore Di Nolfi/APĮqually, Lazzarini says the concept of unilateral safe zones in the south for civilians, if they are not agreed with Hamas, is full of risk. Philippe Lazzarini during a press conference at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva.
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