以色列對加沙的撤離命令可能違反國際法-聯合國

巴勒斯坦人逃離他們的房屋，前往加沙地帶的南部，加沙市，10月13日。路透社/艾哈邁德·扎科特

日內瓦，10月17日（路透社）- 聯合國人權辦公室週二表示，以色列對加沙的封鎖以及對該地區北部的撤離命令可能構成對平民的強制轉移，並違反國際法。

聯合國人權辦公室發言人拉維娜·沙姆達薩尼在日內瓦對記者説，以色列似乎沒有努力確保在加沙暫時撤離的平民得到適當的住所，以及令人滿意的衞生、健康、安全和營養條件。

她説：“我們擔心，這一命令，再加上對加沙的完全封鎖，可能不被視為合法的臨時撤離，因此可能構成違反國際法的對平民的強制轉移。”

“那些設法遵守以色列當局撤離命令的人現在被困在加沙地帶的南部，只有少量的庇護所，食物供應迅速減少，幾乎沒有清潔水、衞生設施、藥品和其他基本需求的獲取途徑。”

“強制轉移”一詞描述了對平民人口的強制搬遷，這是一種反人類罪，受到國際刑事法院（ICC）的懲罰。

世界糧食計劃署在另一份聲明中表示，其在加沙的糧食供應正在減少，但它正在埃及附近的阿里什市儲備供應。

Abeer Etefa, WFP Regional Communications Lead for the Middle East and North Africa, said they hoped “to cross as soon as the border access is granted.”

“We call for unimpeded access, safe passage to desperately needed humanitarian supplies to Gaza,” she said.

Trucks carrying supplies headed towards the Rafah crossing in Egypt, the only access point to the enclave outside of Israel’s control, though it was not certain whether they would be able to cross.

In addition to dwindling food and water supplies, Gaza’s health sector finds itself at a “breaking point,” said U.N. Special Rapporteur Tlaleng Mofokeng.

“Gaza’s medical infrastructure has been irreparably damaged and healthcare providers are working in a dire situation with limited access to medical supplies and conditions that do not allow them to provide timely and quality healthcare,” said Mofokeng, who focuses on the right to health.

Fuel reserves at all hospitals across Gaza are expected to last for an additional 24 hours only, according to the U.N. Palestinian agency UNRWA.

“The shutdown of backup generators would place the lives of thousands of patients at serious risk,” it said.