Albanese made the comment on Saturday in reaction to an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school that targeted displaced Palestinians, killing more than 100 people and injuring dozens more. The attack on al-Tabin School was the latest in a series of Israeli airstrikes on civilian buildings in Gaza since the start of the war in early October.
The UN rapporteur said on X social media platform that Israel “is genociding” Palestinians, using US and European weapons amid silence by the so-called civilized nations.
“Gaza: In the largest and most shameful concentration camp of the 21st century, Israel is genociding the Palestinians one neighborhood at the time, one hospital at the time, one school at the time, one refugee camp at the time, one 'safe zone' at the time. With US and European weapons. And amid the indifference of all "civilised nations".
“May the Palestinians forgive us for our collective inability to protect them, honoring the most basic meaning of intl law”, she continued in her post.
CNN: US-made bombs used in strike
Meanwhile, American news channel CNN Arabic reported on Saturday night that the weapons detonated by the Zionist regime in its attack on al-Tabin school in Gaza were manufactured and supplied by the United States.
According to this report American weapon "GBU-39" was used in the attack. Unverified reporting indicated that at least one of the missiles dropped on the al-Tabin school may have been a US-made "MK-84 bomb" weighing 2,000 pounds.
The attack came just hours after the administration of US President Joe Biden announced the approval of $3.5 billion in military funds for Israel- part of a larger $14.1 billion in overseas military aid approved by Congress earlier this year- would be released to Israeli for weapons procurement.
The Zionist occupying army has committed many of its crimes and massacres in the Gaza Strip against Palestinian civilians, including the recent crime in al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis with American bombs and missiles.
As CNN reported, while some of those weapons purchases made possible by the fund may take years, the "supplemental funding also allocated billions of dollars' worth of equipment that the Pentagon can draw from its own stockpiles to send directly to Israel on a much faster timeline."
Gaza death toll nears 39,800
Israel launched its war on Gaza on October 7 following the unprecedented Al Aqsa Storm Operation that the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement conducted earlier that day in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
According to an announcement by the Health Ministry in Gaza on Saturday, the war has so far killed 39,790 people and wounded 91,702 others there.
Most of the casualties are women and children.
Israel has imposed a complete siege on the densely populated territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the Palestinians living there.
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