United Nations Special Rapporteur on
the occupied Palestinian territories and Italian academic and
international lawyer Francesca Albanese said after Israel denied
her entry to the country that Israel's "atrocities" were
reaching a new level of horror with the bombing of people in the
'safe areas' of Rafah, the southern Gaza city that is the last
haven for Palestinians there, where Hamas says over 28,000
people have been killed.
The 47-year-old from Avellino near Naples said on X:
"Israel's "denying me entry" is not news: Israel has denied
entry to ALL Special Rapporteurs/oPt since 2008!
"This must not become a distraction from Israel's atrocities in
Gaza, which are taking a new level of horror with the bombing of
people in 'safe areas' in #Rafah."
The Israeli foreign and interior ministries earlier said the ban
on entry was linked to "her outrageous assertions that the
victims of the October 7 massacre were not killed for being
Jewish but in response to Israeli oppression".
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