SaralnamaGaza City residents told to ‘leave now’, while UN human rights chief condemns Israel for ‘war crime upon war crime’. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened Palestinians in Gaza City to “leave now”, as the United Nations human rights chief condemned Israel for what he described as the “mass killing” of civilians and deliberate obstruction of lifesaving aid. Volker Turk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, accused Israel on Monday of committing “war crime upon war crime” and said the scale of devastation in Gaza was “shocking the conscience of the world”. He added that Israel “has a case to answer before the International Court of Justice (ICJ)”, pointing to the court’s ruling in January that obliged Tel Aviv to prevent acts of genocide. Turk’s appeal to end the “carnage in Gaza” came as Israeli forces continued… (Updated 9 Sep 2025, 05:31 IST; source: link)
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- Gaza City residents told to ‘leave now’, while UN human rights chief condemns Israel for ‘ war crime upon war crime’
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened Palestinians in Gaza City to “leave now”, as the United Nations human rights chief condemned Israel for what he described as the “mass killing” of civilians and deliberate obstruction of lifesaving aid
- Volker Turk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights , accused Israel on Monday of committing “ war crime upon war crime” and said the scale of devastation in Gaza was “shocking the conscience of the world”