Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), has again said that Israel’s total blockade of the Gaza Strip contravenes international law, Al Jazeera reports.
Speaking at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Friday in Turkiye, Lazzarini said Israel was engaged in the “weaponising humanitarian assistance”.
“If you decide to stop any supply to a needy population, in order to put pressure on the same population, this is nothing else than weaponising humanitarian assistance, which we all know is contrary to any, you know, expected line of IHL (international humanitarian law),” he said.