UN spokeswoman: Israel appears to be systematically attacking clinics
Published: Thursday, Feb 15th 2024, 21:40
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Following the recent military operation in a Palestinian clinic, the United Nations Human Rights Office has raised accusations against Israel. "The operation appears to be part of a pattern: Israeli forces attacking vital civilian infrastructure, particularly hospitals," said UN human rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani in Geneva on Thursday evening. "The impact on the civilian population is appalling," she lamented.
Israeli soldiers entered the Nasser Hospital in Chan Junis in the south of the Gaza Strip on Thursday to recover dead hostages, according to the military. Several suspects were arrested. A military spokesman spoke of a "precise and limited operation". According to the army, there is credible intelligence information that Hamas was holding hostages in the clinic. The information could not initially be verified.
In conflicts, medical facilities must always be protected, emphasized Shamdasani. Even if Israel argues that a clinic has been used by the enemy, the Israeli military must still act carefully and proportionately in accordance with international law, the spokesperson emphasized.
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