UN: Israeli strikes on houses along the Gaza border amount to a crime. Israel's attempts to create a buffer zone in the Gaza Strip do not meet the narrow exception to "military operations," says Volker Türk.
Earlier, the Gaza Ministry of Health said that the death toll as a result of Israeli Defense Forces attacks on the enclave had increased to 27,840. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said that Israel's actions were tantamount to a serious violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.