UN rights office sounds alarm over ‘continued pattern of Israeli strikes’ on Gaza schools
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has decried Israeli strikes targeting schools-turned-shelters in Gaza, including a shelter for displaced Palestinians in an area designated as a “safe zone” by the Israeli military.
“At least 69 Palestinians were killed in these attacks including children and women. A mother and her two-day-old newborn daughter are reportedly among the fatalities,” OHCHR said in a statement.
“Almost every Palestinian in the strip has been displaced multiple times in search of safety. But there is no safety and nowhere left to go.” These attacks have repeatedly resulted in a “distressingly high number of fatalities”, it said.
Targeting shelters housing displaced families in the besieged enclave raises concerns about Israel’s “systematic violation of international humanitarian law”, the statement said.
Israeli army says moving troops form Lebanon to Gaza
In a statement on X, Israel’s army says that its 98th division “completed” its mission in southern Lebanon last week after about three months of fighting. The troops will now prepare for their “next mission” in the Gaza Strip, the statement says.
As part of a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel, Israeli forces will slowly withdraw from southern Lebanon and hand over control to the Lebanese army. The army, per the agreement, is the only party legitimately allowed to carry arms in south Lebanon.
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