UN confirms Israel’s violation of  international law and human rights standards in Palestinian territories

The United Nations Human Rights Commission confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces have subjected thousands of Palestinians to arbitrary detentions, torture, and settler violence, in addition to destroying or seizing their homes and properties and forcibly displacing them, noting that “Israel” violates international law and human rights standards.

The Commission demanded, according to the Palestinian WAFA Agency, a comprehensive and independent investigation into the killings committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinians and holding those responsible accountable, stressing that “the Israeli military operation in the West Bank seriously threatens to deepen the catastrophic situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.”

In a related context, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) affirmed that 212 UN employees were killed in the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression on Gaza Strip since the beginning of last October.

UNRWA noted in a statement that the United Nations institutions have been subjected to about 464 attacks since the beginning of the Israeli aggression, despite the presence of more than one and a half million displaced persons inside them, which led to the martyrdom of more than 563 Palestinians and the injury of about 1790. The agency noted that the health and humanitarian conditions in Gaza Strip are catastrophic, with the spread of infectious diseases and epidemics among the displaced Palestinians as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression.

Inas Abdulkareem