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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Melissa Chemam

UN rapporteur says Israel's war in Gaza is 'emptying the land completely'

Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes on houses and residential buildings in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip on 20 October, 2024. REUTERS - Abdul Karim Farid

A year of war in Gaza has undermined international law and threatens to make the strip uninhabitable, according to the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese. She tells RFI why she is making the case for Israel's offensive to be classified a genocide.

More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing extremely critical levels of hunger, according to the UN. Seventy percent of crop fields and livelihoods have been destroyed during the Israeli military offensive.

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