Israeli ban on Gaza water supply 'war crime': Top Iran rights official
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Oct 10, 2023
Tehran, IRNA -- Secretary-General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi says the Zionist regime's move to cut off the drinking water is a war crime.
In a post on social media, Gharibabadi said accessing safe and clean drinking water has been recognized as a basic human rights, the IRNA reported on Tuesday.
"The Zionist regime's move to cut off water to the people of Gaza is considered a war crime," he said, pointing out that the Daesh terrorist group also cut off the water supply of Syria's Aleppo seven years ago, a move which the UN emergency aid coordinator in Syria called at the time a war crime.
Israel on Monday announced a "total" blockade of the already besieged Gaza Strip, including a ban on food and water, after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched a surprise attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, in the occupied territories.
Hamas said that its operation was a response to the regime's violations at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East al-Quds.
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