Peace and Justice Post

Aljazeera, 29 Oct 2025

United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk has denounced Israel’s attack on Gaza and called on the international community to not waste this “opportunity for peace and a path towards a more just and secure future”.

“Reports that over 100 Palestinians were killed overnight in a wave of Israeli air strikes – mainly on residential buildings, IDP tents and schools across the Gaza Strip following the death of an Israeli soldier – are appalling,” he said in a statement.

“The laws of war are very clear on the paramount importance of protecting civilians and civilian infrastructure.”

Turk urged Israel to comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law and to be held accountable for any violations.

“It is distressing that these killings occurred just as the long-suffering population of Gaza started to feel there was hope that the unrelenting barrage of violence may be at an end,” he said.

Turk also called on all parties to the war to act in good faith and implement the ceasefire.

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