Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich sparked outrage after suggesting that the starvation of millions in Gaza might be "justified and moral", with the European Union (EU), United Kingdom and France condemning the remarks.
In a speech this week, the Israeli finance minister said 바카라no one in the world will allow us to starve two million people, even though it might be justified and moral in order to free the hostages바카라.
바카라Bringing in humanitarian aid because we have no choice. We are in a situation that requires international legitimacy to conduct this war,바카라 The Guardian quoted hin as saying.
Israel is accused of genocide and has argued that the war in Gaza is a legitimate defensive action against Hamas militants for their October 7 attack in southern Israel that killed around 1,200 people and in which 250 hostages were taken.
Reacting to Bezalel Smotrich's remarks, the EU said the deliberate starvation of civilians was a 바카라war crime바카라 and that it expected the Israeli government to 바카라unequivocally distance itself바카라 from the words of the finance minister.
France, meanwhile, said that providing humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza is an 바카라obligation under international humanitarian law바카라 for Israel as it controls all access to the territory.
The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, called on 바카라the wider Israeli government to retract and condemn바카라 the remarks.
The US state department said Israel must fully investigate allegations of sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees by its soldiers.
South Africa brought a case to the International Court of Justice late last year, accusing Israel of violating the genocide convention through its military operations in Gaza.
