GENEVA: The UN human rights chief Thursday (Aug 15) deplored the “grim milestone” of 40,000 Palestinians reported killed in Israel’s 10-month assault on Gaza, accusing the nation’s navy of breaking the “guidelines of struggle”.
United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk blamed Israel for the hovering dying toll within the territory, the place it launched a fierce assault in response to unprecedented assaults by Hamas militants in October.
The well being ministry in Hamas-run Gaza mentioned on Thursday that the dying toll from the battle had reached at the least 40,005 individuals, with one other 92,401 wounded. The ministry doesn’t present a breakdown of civilian and militant deaths.
