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The UN Human Rights Office released a report Friday detailing six months of war in Gaza from November 2023 to April 2024 while denouncing the “horrific” suffering incurred by Israel and Palestinian armed groups as potential crimes against humanity.
In an accompanying release, the UN rights chief Volker Türk urged Israel to comply with international law and insisted that there would be a “due reckoning with respect to allegations of serious violations [of said law] through credible and impartial judicial bodies…”
The report painted a disturbing picture of Israel’s offensive into Northern Gaza while also condemning the October 7 attacks by Hamas and subsequent actions from Palestinian armed groups. Almost 70 percent of the deaths from air strikes, shelling, and other military activities have been women and children. Children from the ages of 5-9, 10-14, and 0-4 were the most represented categories of verified fatalities. 80 percent of the verified fatalities were killed in residential buildings while 44 percent of those deaths were children and 26 percent were women.
Turk added:
Between October 7, 2023 and April 30, 2024, 34,535 Palestinians were killed in Gaza with another 77,704 injured and an estimated 10,000 more buried beneath rubble. The report speculated that the actual number of deaths is actually higher due to the destruction of vital infrastructure, subsequent food and water shortages, rampant disease, and the near-total collapse of healthcare in the Gaza Strip.
While the Israel Defense Force (IDF) has asserted that the targeting of hospitals and schools has been due to armed groups’ use of these facilities for military purposes, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has been unable to verify the claims. Despite this, the report expressed “serious concerns” with allegations that Palestinian armed groups had used civilians as human shields and condemned firings of indiscriminate projectiles from Gaza into Israel.
A portion of the report was dedicated to allegations that Israel had limited aid and in some cases attacked people attempting to obtain aid while also using white phosphorus munitions in Gaza City. White phosphorus is an incendiary chemical that can cause debilitating injuries and poison the environment over time.
The 32-page report also covered the continuing hostage crisis, attacks on journalists and civil society, and other human rights abuses. Israel has “categorically rejected the report,” according to Reuters.
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In an accompanying release, the UN rights chief Volker Türk urged Israel to comply with international law and insisted that there would be a “due reckoning with respect to allegations of serious violations [of said law] through credible and impartial judicial bodies…”
The report painted a disturbing picture of Israel’s offensive into Northern Gaza while also condemning the October 7 attacks by Hamas and subsequent actions from Palestinian armed groups. Almost 70 percent of the deaths from air strikes, shelling, and other military activities have been women and children. Children from the ages of 5-9, 10-14, and 0-4 were the most represented categories of verified fatalities. 80 percent of the verified fatalities were killed in residential buildings while 44 percent of those deaths were children and 26 percent were women.
Turk added:
The report characterized the current crises as reflective of Israel’s “long standing patterns of discrimination, oppression and violence against Palestinian people” including the “systemic fragmentation of Palestinian communities” and “segregation from Jewish Israeli communities.”
Between October 7, 2023 and April 30, 2024, 34,535 Palestinians were killed in Gaza with another 77,704 injured and an estimated 10,000 more buried beneath rubble. The report speculated that the actual number of deaths is actually higher due to the destruction of vital infrastructure, subsequent food and water shortages, rampant disease, and the near-total collapse of healthcare in the Gaza Strip.
While the Israel Defense Force (IDF) has asserted that the targeting of hospitals and schools has been due to armed groups’ use of these facilities for military purposes, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has been unable to verify the claims. Despite this, the report expressed “serious concerns” with allegations that Palestinian armed groups had used civilians as human shields and condemned firings of indiscriminate projectiles from Gaza into Israel.
A portion of the report was dedicated to allegations that Israel had limited aid and in some cases attacked people attempting to obtain aid while also using white phosphorus munitions in Gaza City. White phosphorus is an incendiary chemical that can cause debilitating injuries and poison the environment over time.
The 32-page report also covered the continuing hostage crisis, attacks on journalists and civil society, and other human rights abuses. Israel has “categorically rejected the report,” according to Reuters.
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