UN rights chief warns violence in Gaza reaches a peak in past week

19:43, May 18, 2018

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  Delegates attend special session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland

  Delegates attend a special session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2018. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday warned that the violence in Gaza has reached a peak in the past week, with 60 people had been killed by the Israeli forces in just one day of May 14, a highest figure of one-day death toll in Gaza since the 2014 hostilities. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)

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