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Russia Warns Israel Over Flooding Tunnels in Gaza: 'War Crime'
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https://www.newsweek.com/russia-envoy-united-nations-israel-flooding-war-crimes-1850976?
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Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s United Nation’s chargé d’affaires, said that Moscow was extremely disappointed that the Security Council had failed to adopt a binding decision to demand rather than call on the parties to stop violence.
These could flood with seawater Hamas’s vast network of tunnels under the Gaza Strip, according to U.S. officials cited by The Wall Street Journal.
While Russia has criticized the UN’s vote, as a permanent member, Moscow has also vetoed resolutions condemning aspects of its invasion of Ukraine, one being its declaration that it had annexed four Ukrainian territories.
However, overnight Friday, Israeli warplanes continued bombardments, the Associated Press reported, adding that the death toll in the Gaza Strip had surpassed 17,400.
Ahead of Friday’s UN vote, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warned of the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, describing how aid delivery is nearly impossible and that the few remaining health services are completely overwhelmed.
“From a humanitarian point of view, a halt to fighting is the only way to address the immediate needs of civilians in Gaza, both for aid and for protection,” the IRC said in comments emailed to Newsweek.
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