With 60 Killed In Gaza, U.N. Rights Commissioner Criticizes Israel
Attempts to cross or damage a fence "are not sufficient grounds for the use of live ammunition," the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said.
by Bill Chappell
May 15, 2018
3 minutes
One day after Israeli forces fired on protesters and killed 60 Palestinians along the Gaza border, the U.N.'s human rights commissioner says that those who were shot included women, children, journalists, first responders and bystanders.
"We condemn the appalling, deadly violence in Gaza yesterday," said Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
While acknowledging that some Palestinian demonstrators tried to damage the barbed wire fence that separates Gaza from Israel, that in the commissioner's view, attempts to cross or damage
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