GENEVA, Dec 31, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - UN rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that hospitals in the Gaza Strip had become a "death trap", insisting that such facilities must instead be protected during conflict. 

"As if the relentless bombing and the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza were not enough, the one sanctuary where Palestinians should have felt safe in fact became a death trap. The protection of hospitals during warfare is paramount and must be respected by all sides, at all times," the UN high commissioner for human rights said.