UN, hunger in Gaza could amount to a war crime. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in an interview with the BBC that Israel bears significant responsibility for the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
There is a "plausible" case that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, he said. If intent were proven, it would amount to an war crime, TürK said. Reproduction of this article is permitted under the terms of the European Convention on Human Rights.