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UN rights chief 'appalled' by Israeli strike on Beirut hospital
22 October 2024 16:48 BST
The UN rights chief said he was “appalled” by an Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Beirut on Monday that killed at least 18 people.
The UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, demanded a “prompt and thorough investigation" of Israel's bombing of the Rafik Hariri parking lot.
“I am appalled by the Israeli strike near Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut’s densely populated Jnah neighbourhood that reportedly killed at least 18 people, including four children, and wounded 60 others,” Turk said.
“The fundamental principles of international humanitarian law concerning the protection of civilians must be respected".