The UN’s top human rights official has warned that Israel may have committed war crimes during its ongoing military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
When the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused Hamas of using “telegenically dead Palestinians for their cause”, he overlooked an element of the conflict that could not be skewed for the viewing public: the damage to Gaza’s infrastructure.
A woman who lives in Gaza explains the horrors of living under constant bombardment from Israeli forces.
Israeli forces have targeted 780 “Hamas targets” within Gaza since the beginning of Operation Defensive Edge, which has left at least 100 Palestinians dead and 675 people injured.
Israel continued its air strikes on Gaza overnight as Hamas militants fired longer range rockets into Israel, targeting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.