The United Nations Human Rights Office said that it has verified 8,119 killings of Palestinians in Gaza that came in the first seven months of Israel’s war on the enclave, reports Al Jazeera.
Nearly 70 percent of the verified deaths were women and children, it said, condemning what it called Israel’s systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.
“It is essential that there is due reckoning with respect to the allegations of serious violations of international law through credible and impartial judicial bodies and that, in the meantime, all relevant information and evidence are collected and preserved,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement accompanying the 32-page report.
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