The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has said that Israel’s actions in northern Gaza “may be causing the destruction of the Palestinian population in Gaza’s northernmost governorate through death and displacement”.
The UN is especially worried about Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahiya. In Beit Lahiya, over 87 Palestinians were killed or reported missing after an Israeli strike demolished a residential block.
“Appalling news from northern Gaza where Palestinians continue to endure unspeakable horrors under siege by Israeli forces,” the UN’s acting humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya said on X.
Gaza’s civil defence agency on Saturday said a brutal new Israeli military operation had killed more than 400 people in two weeks in the north.
In Lebanon, at least 12 Israeli missiles struck Beirut’s southern suburbs, following attacks that left at least 16 dead across Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The UN reported that an Israeli bulldozer destroyed an observation tower used by UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, marking the latest assault on the UN’s Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
