“We cannot allow impunity to take root […] would continue. All sides must be held accountable for the violations recorded during the 56 years of occupation, the 16-year blockade of the Gaza Strip and to this day,” UN human rights chief Volker Turk said in an accompanying statement.
At least 29,514 people have been killed in the war between the militants and Israel in the Palestinian territory, the health ministry of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip said on Friday.
More than 100 people have been killed in the past 24 hours, the ministry said in a statement, while 69,616 people have been injured since the war began on October 7.
The Hamas attack in Israel killed about 1,160 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP estimate based on official figures.
The militants also took about 250 hostages, and Israel says about 130 remain in the Gaza Strip, at least 27 of whom are believed to have been killed.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, about 400 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the occupied West Bank since October 7.
Last week, the Israeli army announced that since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, its troops have detained more than 3,100 people in the occupied West Bank. Palestinians, including 1,350 Hamas members.
During the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, territories where the Palestinians want to establish their own state.
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2024-04-27 12:23:43