以色列对加沙的撤离命令可能违反国际法-联合国

巴勒斯坦人逃离他们的房屋，前往加沙地带的南部，加沙市，10月13日。路透社/艾哈迈德·扎科特

日内瓦，10月17日（路透社）- 联合国人权办公室周二表示，以色列对加沙的封锁以及对该地区北部的撤离命令可能构成对平民的强制转移，并违反国际法。

联合国人权办公室发言人拉维娜·沙姆达萨尼在日内瓦对记者说，以色列似乎没有努力确保在加沙暂时撤离的平民得到适当的住所，以及令人满意的卫生、健康、安全和营养条件。

她说：“我们担心，这一命令，再加上对加沙的完全封锁，可能不被视为合法的临时撤离，因此可能构成违反国际法的对平民的强制转移。”

“那些设法遵守以色列当局撤离命令的人现在被困在加沙地带的南部，只有少量的庇护所，食物供应迅速减少，几乎没有清洁水、卫生设施、药品和其他基本需求的获取途径。”

“强制转移”一词描述了对平民人口的强制搬迁，这是一种反人类罪，受到国际刑事法院（ICC）的惩罚。

世界粮食计划署在另一份声明中表示，其在加沙的粮食供应正在减少，但它正在埃及附近的阿里什市储备供应。

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.