MBABANE: The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Gaza Strip, and demanding a halt to all arms sales to the country, Aljazeera reported on Friday.
It has been reported that, Friday’s vote marked the first time that the UN’s top rights body has taken a position on the nearly six-month war, highlighting warnings of “genocide” in the conflict that has killed more than 33,000 people.
The resolution passed with 28 of the council’s 47 member states voting in favour.
The United States and Germany were among the six countries that opposed it,while France, lAlbania and 11 other countries abstained.
Palestinians gather around the bodies of victims killed in the Israeli bombardment of a residential neighbourhood in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip [File: Mohammed Abed/AFP]