At least 195 people have died after Israel launched two successive air strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza on Tuesday and Wednesday. The UN Human Rights Office said that this attack on Gazas largest refugee camp could amount to war crimes.According to the Palestinian health ministry, some 120 people were still missing under all the rubbles while around 777 more were wounded, as per media reports.#Gaza – Given the high number of civilian casualties & the scale of destruction following Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp, we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes. pic.twitter.com/ky2jYVrhJq— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) November 1, 2023Israel air strikes on Gaza refugee camp The Israel Defense Forces announced that the air strikes were successful as they killed top Hamas commander Muhammad Asar, the commander of Hamass anti-tank guided missile array, on Wednesday.Israel also said Tuesdays raid was a successful hit on top Hamas commander Ibrahim Biari.The continuous bombing of Gaza by Israel in its war with Hamas has claimed more than 8000 lives till now causing a string of of international condemnation. Pro-Palestinian protests and calls for a ceasefire are taking place all over the world.Jordan called back its ambassador from Israel on Wednesday in retaliation to Israels air strikes on Gaza while Bolivia has severed diplomatic ties with Israel.United Nations on Gaza war The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, says that he is appalled over the escalating violence in Gaza, including the killing of Palestinians, including women and children in Israeli air strikes in residential areas of the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday.Apart from this a top United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights has resigned citing the war in Gaza as a “textbook case of genocide.” He blamed the Western bloc for failing to address the Israel- Palestine conflict.“Once again, we are seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes, and the Organization that we serve appears powerless to stop it,” wrote Craig Mokhiber, UN Human Rights Chief in New York.He also suggested UN abandon the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine and instead focus on unifying the country into a single, democratic, secular, state in all of historic Palestine. He also added that Israel is a deeply racist, settler-colonial project and unifying the country would ensure the dismantling of Israel.
