Amman, July 21 (Petra) — The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
on Tuesday condemned what it described as an intensification of
Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip between July 13 and July
20 that killed at least 57 people, including six children.

Speaking to reporters in Geneva, U.N. human rights office
spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said, “Nine months after the
ceasefire was declared, there is still no safe place for Palestinians
in Gaza.”

He expressed concern over what he said was the Israeli military’s
intensified campaign in recent days, which had left dozens of
Palestinians killed and wounded.

Al-Kheetan said the strikes hit residential buildings, at least one
tent sheltering displaced people, and other densely populated areas.
He added that 34 of those killed died “away from the yellow line”
separating areas controlled by Hamas from those under Israeli
military control.

The rights office also said an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday killed a
father, mother and their four children in Gaza City, setting their
home on fire. It described the incident as the latest deadly attack
since a ceasefire agreement backed by the United States was reached
more than nine months ago.

The office also warned of an increase in attacks by Israeli settlers
in the occupied West Bank, saying it had documented more than 1,260
incidents since the beginning of the year, an average of six per day.

According to the office, the incidents resulted in Palestinian
deaths, damage to property, homes and farmland being set ablaze, and
the displacement of families from their communities.

//Petra// AF