US EditionBBC World Service - Newshour, Escalating Bombardments of Gaza
- On Friday, Israeli forces intensified airstrikes on Gaza, hitting over 150 targets amid ongoing hostilities in the region.
- This escalation followed the collapse of a two-month ceasefire in early March and Israel’s reimposition of a total blockade on Gaza.
- The strikes damaged major hospitals, displaced approximately 17,000 people, and worsened a humanitarian crisis marked by food shortages and collapsing medical services.
- Volker Turk, the UN’s top official on human rights, condemned the ongoing attacks and warned they reflect an effort to forcibly alter Gaza’s population in violation of international law.
- The situation continues to prompt urgent calls to lift the blockade, protect civilians, and reinstate the ceasefire to prevent further humanitarian deterioration.
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UN human rights chief accuses Israel of 'ethnic cleansing'
As Israel continues its airstrikes on Gaza, the UN human rights office has accused Israel of "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza, highlighting the apparent push to displace the population and the denial of humanitarian assistance in defiance of international law.
BBC World Service - Newshour, Escalating bombardments of Gaza
The UN's human rights chief Volker Turk has condemned Israel for its escalating bombardments of Gaza, saying it's apparently seeking to permanently displace the population and that this amounts to ethnic cleansing. We speak to a young mother and aid worker in Gaza and a politician from Israel's ruling party. Also in the programme: A breakthrough in gene editing therapy, after a promising treatment of a baby in the US; and how just appearing on t…
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