The UN rights chief has condemned the display of bodies in Gaza, calling it “abhorrent” and a violation of international law. His statement follows Hamas’s return of what it claims are the remains of four Israeli civilians—a woman, her two young sons, and an elderly man—who were kidnapped from southern Israel during the October 7, 2023 attack.
The bodies were transferred as part of an ongoing hostage-ceasefire agreement.
“Under international law, any handover of the remains of deceased must comply with the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, ensuring respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families,” Volker Turk said in a statement.
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If I’d say everything I was thinking there’s no way the YWN censor would post. So I’ll just say א-ל נקמות ה’…
Ya Ya UN. You guys are just as cruel as Hamas and the Red Cross, Yemach Shmom V’Zichrom. And that ‘brocho’ goes for you too.
I’m curious what his answer was when he was then asked about his moral and legal opinion of kidnapping civilians.
Stop these fake politically correct statements from haters
Hamas ym’s is consistent; they treat the hostages cruelly when they are alive and
when they dead. We don’t need protests from organizations after they are gone when they didn’t help save them!
If I was prime minister or foreign minister in Israel, i would have revoked the visas for any UN or Red Crescent member or affiliates on October 8th.
Nice words. But just like all of the UN’s words, they mean absolutely nothing, and they will do absolutely nothing. Let’s just “condemn” it and carry on.
There murder isn’t.
But their release is the problem. I guess seeing the bodies actually is disturbing
Well to bad you guys allowed putting shorn
The United nazis has something to say? Yemach shemam