UN rights chief warns Israel-Iran attacks risk engulfing region

The UN human rights chief warned Thursday that the intensifying military exchanges between Israel and Iran are causing grave harm to civilians and risk destabilizing the entire region, Anadolu reports. “The wide-scale, continuing attacks by Israel across Iran, and the missile and drone strikes launched in response by Iran, are inflicting severe human rights and humanitarian impacts on civilians, and risk setting the whole region ablaze,” Volker Turk said in a statement. He said both sides have carried out strikes with devastating consequences beyond military targets. According to official Iranian figures, 224 people have been killed, while human rights groups report more than twice that number. In Israel, authorities say at least 24 people have died and over 840 have […]