THE United Nations High Commission for Human Rights calls for an investigation by Israel into “possible commission of a war crime” by its armed forces in Gaza.

In a statement dated yesterday, this UN agency says it has received “alarming information” about the death of “11 unarmed Palestinian men” in Gaza City.

They died last night, Tuesday, during the intervention of the Israeli army in a residential building in the city where many families were housed.

Israeli soldiers “separated the men from the women and children, then shot and killed at least 11 men (…) in front of their family members,” according to testimonies released by the EuroMed Human Rights Watch (EuroMed Human Rights Monitor).

The UN agency confirmed the death of 11 Palestinians, but clarified that “the circumstances of the deaths are under verification.”

“The Israeli authorities must immediately conduct an independent, in-depth and effective investigation into these allegations,” the organization said.

So far there has been no comment from the Israeli authorities.

After more than two months of war in Gaza, the actions of the Israeli army are increasingly criticized and international pressure for a ceasefire is multiplying.

Last weekend, the deaths of a mother and her daughter, who were killed by an Israeli soldier in the courtyard of Gaza’s only Catholic church, and that of three Israeli hostages who were accidentally killed while waving a white flag, sparked a war.

Israel says it is open to the idea of ​​a truce but rules out any ceasefire before the “elimination” of Hamas, which it considers a terrorist organization, like the United States and the European Union.

About 20,000 people — mostly women, children and teenagers — have died in Gaza since the start of the Israeli military offensive, according to Hamas.

This attack was launched in retaliation for the unprecedented attack launched on October 7 by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which caused approximately 1,140 deaths on Israeli soil. Some 250 people were also taken hostage, of whom 129 are still being held in Gaza, according to Israel.