NGOs call on UN to investigate Israeli attacks against journalists

NGOs call on UN to investigate Israeli attacks against journalists in Lebanon

International human rights NGOs, including Reporters Without Borders (RSF), victims' families and other media institutions, called on the United Nations on Wednesday, February 28, for an independent investigation into Israeli attacks that killed and injured journalists in southern Lebanon in 2023 became. Since the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas began on October 7, the powerful Lebanese Hezbollah has attacked Israeli military positions daily in support of its Palestinian ally. And Israel is retaliating. Follow our live stream.

France and Qatar call for a “very quick” ceasefire. The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim ben Hamad al-Thani, who was visiting Paris, and Emmanuel Macron, at a dinner at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday, reiterated their hope of “very quickly reaching a ceasefire” in the conflict that has already begun. since October 7th against Israel and Hamas. The release of the hostages is an absolute “priority” for Paris, the French president reminded. The Emir of Qatar, where Hamas leaders live, denounced a “genocide against the Palestinian people” with “forced relocations” and “savage bombings.”

An “almost inevitable” famine in Gaza. The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about an “almost inevitable widespread famine” in the Gaza Strip. “If nothing changes, there is a risk of famine in northern Gaza,” Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Program (WFP), told the UN Security Council. According to the United Nations, no convoy has been able to reach the northern Gaza Strip since January 23, denouncing the obstructions of the Israeli authorities.

Lula denounces a “genocide”. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose country is hosting a meeting of G20 finance ministers from Wednesday dominated by the conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, also reiterated on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was committing a “genocide against Palestinian women and children”. .