The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, condemned the brutal Israeli bombing of Al-Ahly Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of hundreds of sick and injured people, health workers and civilian residents who took refuge in the hospital in search of safety.

Turk also condemned the bombing of a UNRWA school in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, which was housing more than 4,000 civilians who were forced to flee their homes, stressing the need to immediately stop the violence and killing.

Turk called on influential countries to work to end the bloodshed, protect civilians and allow urgent access to humanitarian aid to all who need it, and hold accountable those responsible for flagrant violations of human rights and international law.