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UN Human Rights body to consider resolution calling for an arms embargo on Israel
Palestinians walk through the destruction left by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip near Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, April 1, 2024
THE United Nations Human Rights Council announced today that it was set to consider a draft resolution calling for an arms embargo on Israel.
If Friday’s debate approves the draft resolution it would mark the first time the UN’s top rights body has taken a position on the war raging in Gaza.
This comes as the UN’s top health official called for Israel to provide more aid access to the besieged territory.
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