The UN announced: Attacks on refugee camps could be considered “war crimes”

While the Israeli military began expanding its limited ground operations in Gaza on October 26 and further increased the dose of airstrikes, the Cibaliya refugee camp came under attack again yesterday.

In the statement of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights “We have serious concerns about this issue.”

Dozens of people were killed and injured in the second bombardment carried out by the Israeli army against the Jibaliya refugee camp, in the north of the blockaded Gaza Strip, in the last 24 hours.

The statement from the Gaza Ministry of Health states that, according to initial conclusions, 100 people lost their lives in the attack by Israeli warplanes and the 6 Block neighborhood, one of the civilian settlements in the camp, was completely destroyed.

THE LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP

Cibaliya refugee camp is known as the largest area among the eight refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.

According to United Nations data, 116,000 registered refugees live in the camp. While there are three schools under the auspices of the United Nations in the camp, they are also used as shelters. Official United Nations reports state that the camp is severely overpopulated and lacks living space.

LATEST SITUATION IN CONFLICTS

While Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on the morning of October 7, claiming to respond to Israel’s “continued violations against the Palestinians and their sacred values, especially the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Israeli army launched intense aerial bombardments in the Gaza Strip.” began.

Israeli officials announced that more than 1,400 Israelis, including 315 soldiers, were killed and 5,132 people were wounded in the attacks carried out from Gaza.

The number of Israeli soldiers killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip since October 31 has risen to 16.

Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said there are 240 Israeli prisoners held by the al-Qassam Brigades in Gaza.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported that 8,796 Palestinians, including 3,648 children and 2,290 women, were killed and 22,219 people were wounded in Israeli attacks.

In attacks by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, 130 Palestinians were killed and approximately 2,000 Palestinians were injured.