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5/19/2025–|Last update: 18:20 (Mecca time)
Criticism continued on Israel after announcing the launch of the “Gideon” operation within the war of constant genocide in the Gaza Strip, and revealed plans to completely occupy the sector, as well as its decision to allow the resumption of transfer of aid to the population “minimum.”
British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer said that the situation in Gaza was “unacceptable and unbearable,” stressing that his country is working with its partners to determine what can be done about this situation.
At the same time, Finland’s President Alexander Stop said the forced displacement of the population is a war crime, and “it cannot be part of any solution.”
Stop called Israel to assume its responsibilities under international law and ensure that humanitarian aid has arrived in Gaza.
Sweden also condemned the plans of controlling the entire sector, and its foreign minister, Maria Malmer Stintergard, said, “If this means annexation, it is contrary to international law. Sweden firmly believes that it should not change or reduce the area of Gaza.”
For his part, Dutch Foreign Minister Kasper Fieldenb said that Netanyahu’s declaration allowing the entry of a minimum aid to Gaza was “defective and insufficient.”
He added that the catastrophic situation in Gaza requires the provision of immediate and large humanitarian assistance to end the human suffering.
In turn, European Council President Antonio Costa said that aid should be guaranteed to reach the Gaza Strip, a ceasefire, and the release of “hostages”.
Likewise, European Commission Chairman Ursula von der Line said that an end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza must be put immediately, and to refrain from “using food as a political weapon.”
After agreeing to introduce aid to the sector, Netanyahu is threatening to take control of all regions of Gaza.
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UN condemnation
The United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights Office said that Israel’s escalation of its attacks in Gaza is forcing the residents to be displaced while being bombed.
The office stressed that this “clear” endeavor to bring about a permanent demographic change in the sector amounts to the level of ethnic cleansing.
Meanwhile, the Director -General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Guerbrisus, warned of the increasing risk of famine in the Gaza Strip, saying that two million people are starving, while 116,000 tons of food are being held on the border.
“The escalation of fighting, evacuation orders and prevention of aid from entering the sector causes many victims to fall amid a collapsed health system.”
Demographic change
Raed Abu Badawiya, a professor of international law and international relations at the Arab American League, said that Israel is seeking to bring about a demographic change in the sector through genocide on the one hand and forced displacement on the other hand.
He explained to Al -Jazeera Net that these crimes – to which the use of aid is added to a tool for collective punishment – opens the door for new investigations before the Prosecution Office in the International Criminal Court, especially since the arrest warrants issued by the court target Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Secretary Yoav Gallant, but it is supposed to include other Israeli politicians and military personnel.
And Israel announced, yesterday, Sunday, the start of a new military operation in the Gaza Strip called “Gideon’s vehicles”, and includes plans to completely occupy the sector, despite the entry of the ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Doha a stage described as decisive.
In conjunction, the Israeli government, under American pressure, decided to allow the resumption of transferring aid to Gaza after it prevented the arrival of food and medicine to the Strip for nearly 11 weeks.
The principle of human intervention
Abu Badawiya believed that the famine and extermination that Gaza is now witnessing gives all countries of the world to be justified to activate the principle of “human intervention” under international law, which allows countries and the international system to intervene even without the approval of the occupying state in order to save the population and by imposing the fait accompli, and using military force if necessary.
Commenting on Netanyahu’s recent statements regarding the intention of Israel, the entire occupation of the Gaza Strip is occupied, the professor of international law said that this is explicitly contradicting the recent consultative opinion issued by the International Court of Justice, which considered the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories illegal.
Abu Badawiya indicated that the consultative opinion of the court set a year for an end to this occupation, and asked the international community, the United Nations and the Security Council not to cooperate with the occupation and work to end it, and therefore the Israeli intentions to re -occupy Gaza constitute a political motivation in front of the international community to move.