Israeli attacks on schools amount to “extermination”, UN says

Israel’s assault on schools and cultural areas in Gaza are war crimes and a form of extermination, according to a UN body, Middle East Eye via Reuters reported on June 11th.

The findings from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel found that Israel’s military activities have obliterated or harmed over 90% of academic infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.

The devastation in Gaza has left 658,000 children unable to access education in the last couple of years. The commission’s chair, Navi Pillay, said there are increasing signs of Israel conducting “a concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life in Gaza.”

Middle East Eye via Reuters