The UN’s humanitarian agency, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Gaza’s civil defence service have rejected the findings of an Israeli military investigation that concluded the killings of 15 Palestinian medics and rescue workers in Rafah last month were caused by “professional failures”.

“The video filmed by one of the paramedics proves that the Israeli occupation’s narrative is false and demonstrates that it carried out summary executions,” Mohammed al-Mughair, a civil defence official, told Agence-France Presse on Monday, accusing Israel of seeking to “circumvent” its obligations under international law.

Jonathan Whittall, the UN’s humanitarian chief for Gaza, said the investigation did not go far enough. “A lack of real accountability undermines international law and makes the world a more dangerous place,” he said.

“Without accountability, we risk continuing to watch atrocities unfolding, and the norms designed to protect us all eroding.”

  • obsidianfoxxy7870@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Yet Israel won’t be held accountable and you won’t put sanctions on the United States. All the UN does is talk about human rights violations you never change anything.

    There have been multiple genocides sense WWII and you don’t seem to have ever really done anything preventive or proactive.

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      Entirely by design. Why do you think they have a “security council” with 5 permanent members, who are the most powerful nations on earth, who can each veto literally anything completely unilaterally?

      They are keeping themselves secure against the UN ever doing anything against their interests, that’s the only way the word “security” makes any sense. It is intentionally set up to never get anything done. You would never create such an arrangement if you wanted an organisation to have actual teeth.

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    What’s the difference between a professional error & murder? Oh that’s right the professional errors are forgotten about.

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    Same shit everyone committing atrocities claim from American cops to IDF soldiers you only admit you messed up when confronted with undeniable evidence and even then you claim “professional failures” or “lack of training” or something similar instead of admitting your crimes.