Ireland urges UN chief to halt Israel’s ‘destruction of an entire people’ in Gaza
Irish President Michael D. Higgins has urged the UN to take urgent action in Gaza, urging Secretary General Antonio Guterres to invoke powers under Chapter Seven to bypass Security Council gridlock and deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.
In a video shared by RTE News, Higgins described the Israeli regime's war on the Gaza Strip as the “incredible, incredible destruction of an entire people.”
"Are we to watch children starving, women dehydrated, or trying to feed their children? So something must happen," he said.
He called on Guterres to invoke powers under Chapter Seven of the UN Charter—a mechanism that allows for enforcement action, including the use of force, without Security Council approval if deemed necessary.
“I am personally in favor of the secretary-general of the UN using Chapter Seven procedure, by which, whether or not the Security Council agrees, and even if there's a blockage, the right exists for the secretary-general to seek to put together an international defense of a corridor,” he added.
Higgins pointed to the blocked humanitarian aid, noting, “There are 6,000 trucks with enough food for three months, and it has been blocked, and it is outrageous.”
More Palestinians die every single day due to forced starvation and malnutrition.
At least 175 people, including 93 children, have starved to death in Gaza since the Israeli regime launched the war in October 2023.
The United Nations agencies say more than 6,000 Palestinian children are being treated for malnutrition resulting from the all-out blockade of Gaza.
Israel has rejected calls from the UN, aid agencies, and world leaders to allow more aid trucks into the besieged region to alleviate the crisis.
The whole Palestinian population is now completely relying on UN agencies and other partners to distribute food. Israel has dismantled the UN-backed aid delivery system and replaced it with a controversial US-backed mechanism, which humanitarian aid workers and Gaza authorities say has only exacerbated the crisis.
The US-Israeli campaign of genocide, which began in October 2023, has so far killed about 61,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
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