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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
UN human rights chief says situation in West Bank ‘drastically deteriorating’
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The United Nations human rights chief warns that the situation in the West Bank is rapidly deteriorating, while there had been “unconscionable death and suffering” in Gaza.
“The situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is dramatically deteriorating,” Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, tells the opening session of the UN Human Rights Council, noting the climbing death toll of more than 500 Palestinians and 23 Israelis since the war against Hamas began.
Turk says he is also “appalled by the disregard for international human rights and humanitarian law” by parties of the conflict in Gaza, citing both Israeli military activity in Gaza as well as the continuation of terror groups to hold hostages, including in heavily populated areas.
The Times of Israel Community.