HRW: ‘Israel’ striking known aid worker locations
At least eight strikes were carried out by Israeli occupation forces on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October 2023, even though aid groups gave their coordinates to the Israeli occupation authorities to make sure they are protected, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Tuesday.
HRW added that the Israeli occupation did not issue any warning to any of these organizations before the strikes that killed or injured at least 31 aid workers and others accompanying them.
On January 18, 2024, an Israeli attack injured people staying in a joint guest house for two aid organizations, HRW said.
According to one of these organizations and a report by UN investigators who checked the site following the attack, also reviewed by HRW, US-made munition was most likely used during this attack.
UN inspectors found out that the bomb was delivered by an F-16 aircraft which, based on what campaigners revealed, uses British-made components, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) said.
The Israeli occupation knows
HRW said that these eight attack incidents show major flaws in the “deconfliction system” set to shield aid workers and permit them to safely deliver life-saving humanitarian assistance in Gaza.
A very prominent example of “Israel’s” targeting of aid workers in Gaza took place when “Israel” attack a World Central Kitchen (WCK) convoy in April. Associate crisis, conflict, and arms director at HRW, Belkis Wille labeled the Israeli killing of the seven WCK aid workers last month as shocking and stressed that it “should have never happened under international law.”
“Israel’s allies need to recognize that these attacks that have killed aid workers have happened over and over again, and they need to stop,” Wille emphasized.
HRW said that the attack targeting the WCK convoy, far from being an isolated “mistake”, is just one of at least eight cases that it identified where aid organizations and UN agencies provided Israeli occupation authorities with GPS coordinates of aid convoy or premises.
It stressed that this did not stop the Israeli occupation forces from attacking convoys or shelters without any warning.
