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GENEVA (Reuters) -Israel's restrictions on humanitarian aid for Gaza may amount to a starvation tactic that could be a war crime, the United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday. The stark ...
The UN Human Rights Council also accused Israel of using human shields during the 2008–09 Gaza conflict. The Guardian compiled three videos and testimony from civilians about alleged war crimes committed by Israeli soldiers during the 2008–09 Gaza War, including the use of Palestinian children as human shields. In the videos, three teenage ...
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, although ...
Gaza Strip mass graves. During the Israel–Hamas war, mass graves have been widely used in the Gaza Strip by Palestinians, with the courtyards of many hospitals converted. [1] In April 2024, mass graves were discovered in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war. Such graves were found in two large hospitals, Nasser Hospital and Al-Shifa ...
The 2022 Gaza–Israel clashes code-named as Operation Breaking Dawn lasted from 5 to 7 August 2022. [13] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted some 147 airstrikes in Gaza and Palestinian militants fired approximately 1,100 rockets towards Israel. [14] The operation, ordered by Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz ...
Allegations of war crimes in the 2006 Lebanon War refer to claims of various groups and individuals, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and United Nations officials, who accused both Hezbollah and Israel of violating international humanitarian law during the 2006 Lebanon War, and warned of possible war crimes.
10 November: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379: equating Zionism with racism. 5 December: Resolution 3414: Calls for economic sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel until it withdraws from all territories occupied in 1967 and grants the Palestinians their "inalienable national rights".
The war was the deadliest ever for United Nations workers, with at least 88 people who worked for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, killed since 7 October. The UNRWA stated that there had been about 13,000 staff working in Gaza prior to the war and those killed included teachers, school principals, health workers, a gynecologist ...