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UN rights chief says attacks on Gaza hospitals risk war crimes, urges independent probes
Summary
Volker Türk reviewed a UN office report documenting strikes on hospitals in Gaza, described civilian suffering including newborn deaths, and called for independent investigations, a ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian access.
Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that a “human rights catastrophe continues to unfold in Gaza before the eyes of the world,” and urged independent, transparent investigations into attacks on hospitals and medical personnel.
Türk said a report by his office covering Oct. 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024, documents patterns of strikes on hospitals in Gaza that frequently began with Israeli air strikes followed by ground raids. The report, he said, records at least 136 strikes on at least 27 hospitals and 12 other medical facilities and describes killings, detention and forced removal of patients and staff that left facilities nonfunctional.
The findings matter because those hospitals…
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