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UN experts slam Israel's 'blatant assault' on health rights in Gaza

Children warm by the fire next to the rubble of destroyed buildings at the Bureij camp for displaced Palestinians on January 2, 2025, amid the continuing war between Israel and the militant Hamas group. [AFP]

UN experts on Thursday decried Israel's raid on an embattled hospital in northern Gaza, demanding an end to the "blatant assault" on health rights in the besieged Palestinian territory.

Reiterating charges that Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza -- something the Israeli government strongly denies -- two independent United Nations rights experts said they were "horrified" by the raid last Friday on Kamal Adwan, northern Gaza's last functioning major hospital.

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