Israel’s latest bombing of a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip can be considered a “war crime“, both due to the high number of civilian victims and their magnitude. This was stated this Wednesday by the UN Human Rights Office.

“Given the high number of civilian casualties and the escalation of destruction following the Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp, we are seriously concerned that these are disproportionate attacks that could constitute war crimes“said Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Türk has a career dedicated to the issue of refugees and human rights in the international organization.

The Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, for his part, condemned this Wednesday the civilian deaths in Israel’s attack on the refugee camp. Furthermore, he has insisted on asking the parties to respect humanitarian law and an end to the conflict.

According to his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, Guterres is “dismayed by the increasing violence in Gazaincluding the murder of Palestinians, and including women and children, in Israel’s bombings of residential areas of the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp, which took place yesterday and today,” he said.

As a result of the attack by the Israeli Army, which occurred this Tuesday, A large number of civilians died – including women and children –one of the worst that has been recorded since the start of the war between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas.

Hamas claims that at least 195 Palestinians have died in the bombing and claim that in total there are 1,000 affected, including wounded, dead and missing. Israel has admitted the attack and has excused itself, stating that more than 50 people were killed in it. “terrorists“.