UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed deep shock over the civilian casualties resulting from the Israeli army operation to retrieve 4 detainees in the Nusseirat camp in central Gaza Strip.
The UN Commission stated that the killing of civilians in Nusseirat in Gaza during the Israeli operation, as well as the detention of what it described as “armed individuals” as hostages in densely populated areas, may constitute war crimes.
Commission spokesperson Jeremy Lawrence said, “Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and injured, many of them civilians.”
He criticized what he described as “armed groups” holding hostages in densely populated areas, putting the lives of Palestinian civilians at risk,” he said.
He said that the actions of both parties (Israel and Palestinian resistance) “may amount to war crimes.”
The massacre committed by the Israeli occupation last Saturday resulted in the martyrdom of 274 Palestinians, including 64 children, 57 women, and 37 elderly.
As for the number of injured in the massacre, it reached 698, including 153 children, 161 women, and 54 elderly, in addition to the rest of the civilians who were in the Nusseirat market and its surroundings and in the neighboring houses targeted by the occupation.
