Bachelet warned that indiscriminate rocket-firing by Palestinian armed groups in Israel, including densely populated areas, is a clear violation of international human rights law, akin to war crimes.
Smoke coming out of the building in Israeli airstrikes
The United Nations’ chief of human rights on Saturday appealed to the extremist organization Hamas of Israel and Gaza to reduce tensions and prevent violent action. In a statement issued in Geneva on Saturday, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michele Bachelet said that the provocative rhetoric issued by the leaders of both sides seems to promote it rather than calm the tension.
Bachelet’s statement came out on Saturday, shortly before the Israeli airstrikes demolished a multi-storey building in Gaza. The building targeted by Israel also housed offices of other media institutions, including the Associated Press. In the statement, Bachelet cautioned that indiscriminate rocket-firing by Israeli armed groups in Israel, including densely populated areas, is a clear violation of international human rights law, which is similar to war crime.
Israel condemned for attack on Gaza
He also condemned the attacks by the Israeli military on Gaza’s civilian bases. Meanwhile, a video surfaced on Saturday in which a 12-floor building in Gaza collapsed like cards after an Israeli air strike. According to the report, here was the office of the news agency Associate Press and Qatar’s news channel Al-Jazeera. At the same time, news agency Reuters says that the owner of the building had already been warned by Israel. After which the building was evacuated.
139 Palestinians have lost their lives so far
According to Reuters, it was a 12-storey tower block, with several apartments and other offices. Although the Israeli army has not yet said anything in this matter (Israel Hamas Conflict 2021). Talking about the dead, according to the health officials of Palestine, their number has increased to 139 on Saturday, including 13 children. Rockets have also been fired from the Palestinians in Israel’s Tel Aviv, in which one person has died. So far 9 Israeli people have died.
Earlier, the Israeli army said in a statement that three rockets were fired from Syria in the northern part of the country. Two of these rockets fell into the open area, which is in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. At the same time, the third rocket fell on the ground of Syria.
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