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Published on 18 May 2018
The UN human rights chief says Israel used "wholly disproportionate"
force against Palestinian border protests which have left over 100
people dead. Israel's Ambassador Aviva Raz Shechter rejected the blame,
saying Israel had done everything possible to avoid harming civilians.
UN rights chief Zeid Raad Al Hussein told a meeting in Geneva that
Gazans were effectively "caged in a toxic slum" and Gaza's occupation by
Israel had to end.
Israel's ambassador said Gaza's militant Islamist rulers had
deliberately put people in harm's way.
The UN meeting is considering calling for an independent investigation.
Some 60 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces on Monday on the
seventh consecutive week of border protests, largely orchestrated by
Hamas, which politically controls the Gaza Strip.
It was the deadliest day in Gaza since a 2014 war between Israel and
militants there.
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