UN calls for justice over Israeli double strike on Gaza hospital

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The UN has stated "there must be justice" following Israel's double strike on a Gaza hospital which killed no less than 20 folks, as an preliminary Israeli army probe stated the strike had focused a "digicam positioned by Hamas".

Condemnation of the assault, whose victims included 5 journalists and 4 well being staff, has been mounting, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer describing it as "fully indefensible".

Afterward Tuesday the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) launched its preliminary inquiry, which recognized a number of "gaps" for additional investigation.

It got here as Israelis launched a day of nationwide protests calling on their authorities to simply accept a deal to launch the hostages.

Monday's assault on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis noticed an preliminary strike kill no less than one particular person earlier than a second in the identical location about 10 minutes later hit journalists and rescuers who have been attending the scene.

A minimum of 20 folks have been killed together with 4 well being staff and 5 journalists who labored for worldwide media shops, together with the Related Press, Reuters, Al Jazeera and Center East Eye.

"This can be a shock and this unacceptable," UN human rights workplace spokesperson Thameen al-Kheetan stated on Tuesday.

"This raises many, many questions on the concentrating on of journalists and all of those incidents should completely be investigated and people accountable have to be held accountable."

Talking about previous Israeli investigations into deaths in Gaza, he added: "These investigations have to yield outcomes. There must be justice. We have not seen outcomes or accountability measures but."

In its assertion, the IDF stated it recognized a digicam positioned by Hamas within the space of the hospital "used to watch the exercise of IDF troops".

"The troops operated to take away the menace by placing and dismantling the digicam," the assertion stated. It alleged that six of these killed have been "terrorists".

A army spokesperson later stated that journalists working for Reuters and the Related Press had not been a goal.

The IDF report seems to be a shift in tone from Prime Minister Netanyahu's assertion on Monday night, which characterised the incident as a "tragic mishap".

Nonetheless the IDF didn't clarify why a second assault was launched minutes after the primary. It as a substitute stated additional investigation was wanted into the authorisation course of, together with the ammunition used and the army's "decision-making course of within the discipline".

In Israel, protesters blocked highways with burning tyres and held demonstrations in Tel Aviv and different cities to demand their authorities agree a ceasefire deal to return the remaining hostages held by Hamas, and finish the warfare.

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The Israeli authorities has to this point dismissed a ceasefire proposal agreed to by Hamas, regardless of its having beforehand signing as much as it.

Netanyahu says the federal government now desires a unique deal that will see all hostages launched in a single change.

Israel believes that solely 20 of the 50 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are nonetheless alive after 22 months of warfare.

"Israel is standing towards Netanyahu and his regime," stated Yehuda Cohen, father of Nimrod Cohen, who was taken hostage within the Hamas assault of seven October 2023.

"One other day for protest, one other day to verify the difficulty of the hostages stays a excessive precedence. One other day to stress Netanyahu and power him to finish the warfare and get a hostage deal."

In Jerusalem, tons of of demonstrators gathered outdoors the prime minister's workplace the place a safety cupboard assembly was going down.

Qatar, one of many events concerned in ceasefire talks - stated mediators have been nonetheless "ready for a solution" from Israel to the most recent proposal.

"The accountability now lies on the Israeli facet to answer a proposal that's on the desk. The rest is political posturing," stated international ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari.

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The Hamas-run well being ministry in Gaza stated on Tuesday that the our bodies of 75 Palestinians had arrived at its amenities over the earlier 24 hours.

Israel has unveiled a plan for its military to take management of Gaza Metropolis, regardless of widespread worldwide and home opposition.

Israel's defence minister has stated Gaza Metropolis will probably be destroyed if Hamas doesn't comply with disarm and launch all hostages.

A UN-backed physique has confirmed a famine is going down in Gaza Metropolis and its surrounding areas. The Built-in Meals Safety Part Classification (IPC) says greater than half 1,000,000 folks throughout Gaza are dealing with "catastrophic" situations characterised by "hunger, destitution and dying".

The report was labelled an "outright lie" by Israel, which has denied there's hunger within the territory.

Israel's army launched a marketing campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, by which about 1,200 folks have been killed and 251 others have been taken hostage.

A minimum of 62,819 folks have been killed in Gaza since then, in line with the territory's well being ministry.

Most of Gaza's inhabitants has additionally been displaced a number of occasions; greater than 90% of houses are estimated to be broken or destroyed; and the healthcare, water, sanitation and hygiene programs have collapsed.