Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories, said Israel’s cutting off Gaza’s electricity supply is a warning of genocide.
“GENOCIDE ALERT! Israel cutting off electricity supplies to Gaza means, among others, no functioning desalination stations, ergo: no clean water,” Albanese wrote on X.
The rapporteur also highlighted the lack of sanctions and arms embargo against Israel which is “AIDING AND ASSISTING Israel in the commission of one of the most preventable genocides of our history”.
❌GENOCIDE ALERT!❌Israel cutting off electricity supplies to Gaza means, among others, no functioning desalination stations, ergo: no clean water.
STILL NO SANCTION/NO ARMS EMBARGO against Israel means, among others, AIDING AND ASSISTING Israel in the commission of one of the… https://t.co/x2cX4MuP0K— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) March 9, 2025