The office explained, in a statement, that it documented four testimonies from Palestinian citizens who found Oxycodone tablets, a powerful narcotic, inside bags of flour distributed by these centers. It warned that the danger lies in the possibility that these pills may have been deliberately dissolved or ground into the flour, which constitutes a "direct attack on public health."
The office held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for this "heinous crime," describing it as an attempt to spread addiction as part of a systematic policy targeting the Palestinian social fabric. It emphasized that these practices fall within the framework of the ongoing "genocide" against the population of Gaza.
He also described the use of drugs as a soft weapon in the war against civilians, and the exploitation of the blockade to introduce them into aid, as a "war crime and a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law."
The office called on the international community and United Nations agencies to close these centers, which it said had become tools for killing, enticement, and genocide. It called for breaking the siege on Gaza and for aid to be delivered exclusively through official international institutions, primarily UNRWA, without Israeli or American oversight.
Far from the oversight of the United Nations and international organizations, Tel Aviv and Washington have been implementing a plan since May 27 to distribute limited aid. The Israeli occupation army has been firing on Palestinians queuing to receive aid, forcing them to choose between starvation or being shot.
This comes as Israel has tightly closed Gaza's crossings to trucks carrying supplies and aid, piling up at the border since March 2, allowing only a few dozen trucks into the Strip. Palestinians in Gaza need at least 500 trucks per day.
The ongoing genocide, which began on October 7, 2023, has left approximately 189,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that has claimed the lives of many, including children.
