Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Israel’s decision to cut off electricity, water and food supplies into Gaza is “not acceptable”.

"Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Israel’s decision to cut off electricity, water and food supplies into Gaza is “not acceptable”. Mr Varadkar also said that due to Israel “targeting civilians and cutting off civilian infrastructure” they were in “breach of international humanitarian law”.

More than 6,000 bombs have reportedly been dropped on Gaza in the past six days and more than 1,500 civilians have died in the region.

This bombardment and siege of Gaza comes after the deadliest attack in Israeli history when Hamas militants crossed into Israel and killed more than 1,200 civilians while taking hostages back to the Gaza strip.

“Well, I believe Israel has the right to defend itself. But Israel doesn’t have the right to do wrong. What do I mean by that? Israel is a country that is surrounded by enemies, brutal savage groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, countries like Iran, often supported by Islamic fundamentalists and anti Semites around the world. So Israel is under threat.

“They do have a right to defend themselves, but they don’t have the right to breach international humanitarian law. And I’m really concerned about what I’m seeing happening in Gaza at the moment,” Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told RTÉ’s Prime Time."

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/leo-varadkar-israel-breaching-international-law-by-targeting-civilians-and-cutting-off-electricity-and-water/a312922250.html

  • keardap@lemmy.selfhost.questEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    Source for white phosphorus bombs or it didn’t happen. Israel uses it for smoke and flares, not for burning people.

    • crackajack@reddthat.comEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know if Israel indeed used white phosphorus. But whether if it is true or not, why would Israel use white phosphorus for smoke covers when there are smoke shells and flares aplenty? Why do I feel like we’re arguing with moral sophistry again, like how how both sides justified using gas chemicals in World War I with “we fired them on open ground not at the troops. It’s not our fault if the wind blows the chemicals onto the enemy trenches.” Are people that naive to think that Israel won’t use white phosphorus on the Palestinian side, if Israel seriously considered the use? Or is there intentional misinformation on this?

      • keardap@lemmy.selfhost.questEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        The link you sent proves you wrong you fucking dimwit.

        Below is the main paragraph, that you probably skipped:

        It provided links to two videos posted on social media that it said show “155mm white phosphorus artillery projectiles being used, apparently as smokescreens, marking, or signaling”. Both show scenes near the Israel-Lebanon border, it said.

        • HeratikiEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Oh I’m sorry. I didn’t realize Israel would need to fire artillery shells into a civilian population a few kilometers away to mask their troop advancement. Makes total sense now.

          • keardap@lemmy.selfhost.questEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            It’s called snipers, they are deadly. They fire then into civilian population because Hamas uses them as human shield, just now they prevent civilians from escaping source.