UN Rights Chief: Display of Bodies in Gaza is Abhorrent and Violates International Law

The UN rights chief has condemned the display of bodies in Gaza, calling it “abhorrent” and a violation of international law. His statement follows Hamas’s return of what it claims are the remains of four Israeli civiliansa woman, her two young sons, and an elderly manwho were kidnapped from southern Israel during the October 7, 2023 attack.

The bodies were transferred as part of an ongoing hostage-ceasefire agreement.

“Under international law, any handover of the remains of deceased must comply with the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, ensuring respect for the dignity of the deceased and their families,” Volker Turk said in a statement.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

10 Responses

  1. itchik says: February 20, 2025 9:48 am 9:48 am at 9:48 am

    If I’d say everything I was thinking there’s no way the YWN censor would post. So I’ll just say ?-? ????? ?’…

  2. apdsvys says: February 20, 2025 10:35 am 10:35 am at 10:35 am

    Ya Ya UN. You guys are just as cruel as Hamas and the Red Cross, Yemach Shmom V’Zichrom. And that ‘brocho’ goes for you too.

  3. Israeli Chareidi says: February 20, 2025 10:36 am 10:36 am at 10:36 am

    I’m curious what his answer was when he was then asked about his moral and legal opinion of kidnapping civilians.

  4. lbj says: February 20, 2025 10:37 am 10:37 am at 10:37 am

    Stop these fake politically correct statements from haters

  5. Bookmom says: February 20, 2025 1:23 pm 1:23 pm at 1:23 pm

    Hamas ym’s is consistent; they treat the hostages cruelly when they are alive and
    when they dead. We don’t need protests from organizations after they are gone when they didn’t help save them!

  6. Suffern1 says: February 20, 2025 2:00 pm 2:00 pm at 2:00 pm

    If I was prime minister or foreign minister in Israel, i would have revoked the visas for any UN or Red Crescent member or affiliates on October 8th.

  7. e.tova says: February 20, 2025 2:42 pm 2:42 pm at 2:42 pm

    Nice words. But just like all of the UN’s words, they mean absolutely nothing, and they will do absolutely nothing. Let’s just “condemn” it and carry on.

  8. kollel faker says: February 20, 2025 5:37 pm 5:37 pm at 5:37 pm

    There murder isn?t.
    But their release is the problem. I guess seeing the bodies actually is disturbing
    Well to bad you guys allowed putting shorn

  9. rebEmes says: February 20, 2025 8:43 pm 8:43 pm at 8:43 pm

    The United nazis has something to say? Yemach shemam

  10. fastensaul says: February 22, 2025 8:45 pm 8:45 pm at 8:45 pm

    The UN is totally useless. It has been taken over by the dictators and human rights violators of the world. They try to sanitize the terrible things they do. They have become the problem rather than the solution.

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