In a statement on Wednesday, Martin said he was shocked by the Israeli regime bombing of the Jabalya refugee camp, Breaking News reported.
“We now urgently need a humanitarian ceasefire and a significant scaling up of humanitarian access to get vital supplies to civilians. We cannot wait any longer.”
“UN Secretary-General Guterres has been clear that international humanitarian law cannot be applied selectively. The law of war always applies,” he said.
“UNRWA said yesterday that more children have been killed in Gaza since October 7 than have been killed in all conflicts globally since 2019. We cannot allow this to continue.
This has to stop. With the unfolding tragedy in Gaza, the European Union has been calling since last week for humanitarian corridors and pauses for humanitarian needs.
The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said he was “appalled by the high number of casualties following the bombing by Israel of the Jabalia refugee camp”.
The European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell on Wednesday said he was “appalled” by the high number of casualties from the bombing by the Israeli regime of a refugee camp in Gaza and called for fighting parties to respect the international rules of war, Reuters reports.
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