Condemn Gaza deaths – Palestinian envoy
UNITED NATIONS: The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations (UN) on Thursday pleaded for the Security Council to condemn the deaths of dozens in Gaza after )SRAELI FORCES OPENED kRE ON 0ALestinians scrambling for food aid.
“The Security Council should say enough is enough,” Riyad Mansour told reporters.
Mansour’s comments came AFTER )SRAELI FORCES OPENED kRE on Palestinians trying to get food assistance in a chaotic melee that the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said killed 112 people and injured 760.
“This outrageous massacre is a testimony to the fact that as long as the Security Council is paralyzed and vetoes casted, then it is costing the Palestinian people their lives,” he said.
As one of five permanent members of the 15-member council, the United States — Israel’s biggest ally — has a veto that it has wielded three times so far to bar the body from calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.
Mansour said he met with US Ambassador to the UN Linda 4HOMAS 'REENkELD
“I implored her that the Security Council has to produce a product of condemning this killing and to go after those responsible for this massacre,” he said.
If the Security Council has “a spine and determination to put an end to these massacres from happening all over again, what we NEED IS A CEASEkRE u -ANSOUR SAID
The Security Council met on Thursday afternoon behind closed doors to discuss the morning’s events in northern Gaza — a meeting that came at Algeria’s request.
“We are all deeply alarmed and saddened by the death of over a hundred Palestinians and many more wounded earlier today in northern Gaza,” US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood said before entering the meeting, calling it a “tragic day.”
Thursday’s incident added to a Palestinian death toll, which the Gaza health ministry said had topped 30,000, mainly women and children.