Israeli attacks on Gaza ‘bear the hallmarks of atrocity crimes’: UN

The United Nations has accused Israel of showing a “callous disregard for human life” as it pounds Gaza with relentless air strikes, killing civilians in densely populated areas.

“The acts of war that we see bear the hallmarks of atrocity crimes,” Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN’s humanitarian agency Ocha, said in Geneva on Friday.

Israel’s bombardment has turned entire neighbourhoods into rubble, wiping out families while insisting it is acting in self-defence.