Israel undermined regional peace and stability in its attack last week on Hamas leaders who had been in Qatar to negotiate a ceasefire, the United Nations rights chief said during a debate at the Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday.
“Israel’s strike on negotiators in Doha on September 9 was a shocking breach of international law, an assault on regional peace and stability, and a blow against the integrity of mediation and negotiating processes around the world,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk told delegates.
The strike, which Hamas says killed five of its members but not its leadership, has prompted US-allied Gulf Arab states to close ranks. Arab and Islamic states held a summit in Doha on Monday to back Qatar.
Israel’s ambassador in Geneva, speaking to reporters before the session – which Israel did not attend – called the debate a one-sided attack on Israel.
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