A UN agency verified victims from a six-month period and said it found international law violations.

The youngest victim whose death was verified by the UN was a one-day-old boy, while the oldest was a 97-year-old woman.

UN condemns finding in what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law

The United Nations Human Rights Office has said 70% of verified fatalities in the Gaza war, over a six-month period were women and children. According to the agency, many of these casualties resulted from the use of wide-area effect weapons in densely populated urban areas by Israel. The UN Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, attributed […]

Women and Children make up nearly 70% of the victims of Israel’s war in Gaza, the UN’s Human Rights office has said.

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Office said on Friday on nearly 70 per cent of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violat

UN rights office details vast array of violations of international law

The majority of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip have been women and children, a UN report found Friday. The UN also found that 80 percent of all verified deaths in Gaza had occurred in Israeli attacks on residential buildings or similar housing, and that children aged five to nine made up the largest group of victims.

The majority of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip have been women and children, a UN report found Friday. The UN also found that 80 percent of all verified deaths in Gaza had occurred in Israeli attacks…

The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children.

UN condemns high civilian death toll in Gaza war, with women and children making up 70% of fatalities.

GENEVA (Nov 8): The UN today condemned the staggering number of civilians killed in Israel’s war in Gaza, with women and children comprising nearly 70 per cent of the thousands of fatalities it had managed to verify. In a fresh report, slammed by Israel, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) detailed a raft ofRead More

The United Nations Human Rights Office has issued a report on the recent violence in Israel and Gaza since October 7, 2023, highlighting severe humanitarian concerns and calling for accountability for violations of international law. According to the report, approximately 70% of those killed in Gaza were children and women, marking significant breaches in the principles of international humanitarian law, including proportionality and the need to protect civilian lives.