❗️UN expert Albanese: Israel trying to make Gaza City uninhabitable, endangering captives

 ❗️UN expert Albanese: Israel trying to make Gaza City uninhabitable, endangering captives

The UN’s top expert on Palestinian rights, Francesca Albanese, accused Israel of attempting to make Gaza City uninhabitable.

“Israel is bombing using unconventional weapons … it is trying to forcibly evacuate Palestinians. Why? This is the last piece of Gaza that needs to be rendered unlivable before advancing the ethnic cleansing of that piece of land,” Albanese told reporters in Geneva.

Israel’s Permanent Mission to the UN dismissed her remarks.

“Her numerous statements have showcased her willingness to go to extreme lengths in [the] delegitimization of the State of Israel,” the Mission said in a statement.

“According to her, Hamas doesn’t embed itself in civilian infrastructure, doesn’t cynically use civilians as human shields, and generally doesn’t really exist,” it added.