UNSC expresses concern following incident surrounding humanitarian assistance convoy in Gaza

The UN Security Council (UNSC) has expressed deep concern regarding reports stating that over 100 individuals lost their lives with several hundred others sustaining injuries, including people with gunshot wounds as observed by UN-OCHA, in an incident involving Israeli forces at a large gathering surrounding a humanitarian assistance convoy southwest of Gaza City.
The Council Members took note that an Israeli investigation is underway.

Members of the UN Security Council said in a statement on Saturday that they noted that the Israeli entity is conducting an investigation into the incident.

In this regard, they reaffirmed that all parties to conflicts must comply with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as applicable.

They called for all parties to refrain from depriving the civilian population in the Gaza Strip of basic services and humanitarian assistance indispensable to their survival, consistent with international humanitarian law.

The Council members reiterated their demand for parties to the conflict to allow, facilitate, and enable the immediate, rapid, safe, sustained and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip and for the full implementation of resolutions 2712 and 2720.

They expressed grave concern over the estimation from the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) that all 2.2 million people in Gaza would face alarming levels of acute food insecurity.

The Council members urged Israeli entity to keep border crossings open for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, to facilitate the opening of additional crossings to meet humanitarian needs at scale, and to support the rapid and safe delivery of relief items to people in all of the Gaza Strip. (QNA)