Israel faces all kinds of international condemnation for hospital raid

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Outside Shifa hospital Gaza. Photo: Getty image

Israel faced an unprecedented wave of international condemnation after its troops entered the Shifa hospital complex in Gaza, while the UN and aid agencies expressed concern about the impact of the raid on staff and patients.

The scale and virulence of the global condemnation from Arab and western governments raised questions about how much longer Israel can continue with its offensive in the face of waning international support.

The US distanced itself from the military takeover of the hospital, saying it had not authorised the Israeli decision.

The UN spoke of carnage in Gaza, and as the pressure rose during the day, Israel relented by announcing it would allow an unlimited number of aid convoys through the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian border. Aid convoys have been limited to as few as 30 trucks a day when the UN said it needed hundreds to relieve starvation.

The sense of crisis engendered by the hospital takeover also led to a breakthrough at the UN in New York, where the security council passed a resolution calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses in fighting between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip for a “sufficient number of days” to allow humanitarian aid access.

After four unsuccessful attempts to take action last month, the US lifted its threat to veto a new resolution prepared by Malta.

The draft resolution, which emphasises the situation of children in almost every paragraph, “requires all parties to respect their obligations under international law, especially regarding the protection of civilians, particularly children”.

It also calls on Hamas to release hostages, but does not explicitly condemn the militant group’s actions.

Source: The Guardian

以色列因醫院攻擊事件面臨各種譴責

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以色列軍隊進入加薩的希法醫院後，遭到了前所未有的國際譴責，聯合國和援助機構也對這次襲擊對工作人員和患者造成的影響表示擔憂。

阿拉伯和西方國家政府的全球譴責的規模和毒性引發了人們的疑問：面對國際支持的減弱，以色列的攻勢還能持續多久。

美國與軍方接管該醫院保持距離，稱其並未授權以色列的決定。

聯合國談到了加薩的大屠殺，隨著白天壓力的增加，以色列態度軟化，宣布將允許無限數量的援助車隊通過埃及邊境的拉法過境點。 當聯合國表示需要數百輛卡車來緩解飢餓時，援助車隊每天的數量被限制在 30 輛。

醫院接管所帶來的危機感也導致了紐約聯合國的突破，安理會通過了一項決議，呼籲在加沙地帶的以色列和巴勒斯坦哈馬斯武裝分子之間的戰鬥中緊急延長人道主義停頓，以實現“足夠的天數」以允許人道援助進入。

上個月四次嘗試採取行動均未成功後，美國取消了否決馬耳他起草的新決議的威脅。

該決議草案幾乎在每個段落中都強調了兒童的處境，「要求所有各方遵守國際法規定的義務，特別是在保護平民，特別是兒童方面的義務」。

它還呼籲哈馬斯釋放人質，但沒有明確譴責該激進組織的行為。