‘There needs to be justice’: UN calls out Israel over double strike on Gaza hospital | World News
The United Nations has criticised Israel over its double strike on Gaza hospital which has claimed 20 lives, including five journals and has said “there needs to be justice” as the preliminary investigation the Israeli military said the strike had targeted a “camera positioned Hamas”.
The “double-tap” bombing of Nasser hospital Israeli forces, which includes four health workers, has witnessed condemnation from across the globe, with UK Prime Miner Keir Starmer describing it as “completely indefensible”.
The UN human rights office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan raised concern over the number of journals being killed in Gaza and said it raises questions about the targeting of media workers. “There needs to be justice,” Thameen said.
“There needs to be justice,” Thameen Al-Kheetan, the spokesperson for the UN’s human rights office, told reporters on Tuesday in Geneva.
Human rights office demands that Israeli investigation into ‘double tap’ attack that killed 20 people yields results.https://t.co/vNiqWOCjH7
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In the initial inquiry report released the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) late on Tuesday, it identified several “gaps” for further investigation, BBC reported. The report came as Israeli citizens launched protests and demonstrations across the country calling on Prime Miner Benjamin Netanyahu led government to accept a deal to release the hostages.
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The Israeli forces struck Nasser Hospital twice on Monday, which is also the last functioning hospital in southern Gaza. The Guardian quoted witnesses who said that the second strike took place 15 minutes after the rescue crews and journals arrived to evacuate the wounded, which led to the killing of health workers and journals.
The double strike Israel on the hospital in Gaza led to the killing of journals working for Reuters, Associated Press and Al Jazeera, as well as independent journals, reported The Guardian.
The attack has called for a global condemnation as the three media organisations issued statements mourning the journals’ killing, and urging Israel to look into the killings.
The IDF called the incident a “tragic mishap” which was a significant shift in the tone from PM Netanyahu’s earlier statement on Monday evening. Though IDF refrained from detailing why the second strike was launched minutes after the first.
