Targeting heavily populated residential areas “may amount to war crimes,” UN rights officials said as Israel launched fresh airstrikes on Gaza’s largest refugee camp on Wednesday.
For the second time in two days, bombs exploded in the Jabalia camp, levelling structures and, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, killing dozens of people.
However, Israel claimed that the hit was executed by its fighter jets, which “eliminated” an unspecified number of militants while targeting “a Hamas command and control complex.”
“Whole families” were reported dead by rescuers, however exact casualty information was not immediately available.
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Since October 7, when Hamas terrorists broke into Israel and killed 1,400 people, including numerous civilians who were shot in cold blood, Israel has struck more than 11,000 targets in Gaza.
Many countries supported Israel’s right to retaliate against Hamas, although condemnation of Israeli actions has grown along with the number of civilian casualties.
The health ministry in Gaza reports that 8,796 people have died there so far, the most of them were women and children. In Gaza, entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed.
Although AFP reported that at least 47 people had died as a result of Israeli troops striking the Jabalia camp on Tuesday, the UN denounced Israel’s most recent bombings, leading a chorus of international condemnation that included Bolivia, which severing diplomatic ties in protest.
The highest human rights body of the UN expressed “serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes,” citing “the high number of civilian casualties” and the extent of the destruction.
In order to “condemn the Israeli war that is killing innocent people in Gaza,” Jordan called back its ambassador to Israel.
