Archive for March 1st, 2024

01/03/2024

‘Carnage’ in Gaza Must End: UN Human Rights Chief

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council on Thursday [], after almost five months of constant Israeli bombardment and mass displacement in the enclave, prompted by Hamas-led attacks. 

Schools in Gaza have been directly hit or damaged since the beginning of the war.
© UNRWA | Schools in Gaza have been directly hit or damaged since the beginning of the war.

“The war in Gaza must end,” Mr. Türk said, insisting that it was “well past time” for peace, accountability and investigations into the “clear” violations of international humanitarian law and possible war crimes by both sides.

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