Belgian foreign minister says 'genocide' describes Israel's war on Gaza

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said that “only the word genocide” can describe Israel's war on Gaza. 

“As the foreign minister, it is not up to me to make such statements. But my personal opinion is that this is very close to genocide. I don’t know what other horrors have yet to occur before that word can be used,” Prevot said, according to an interview with Humo magazine.

“I have been saying since April that the humanitarian blockade is an absolute disgrace. Deliberately starving a population is a war crime,” he added.