Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says

Children stare at the destruction following an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Nov. 7, 2024.

The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.