Iran-backed militant group fired more than a dozen projectiles into northern Israel, says Israeli army, day after Israel warned of ‘total war’ with group

It is approaching 6pm in Gaza and Tel Aviv. We will be closing this blog soon, but you can stay up to date on the Guardian’s Israel-Gaza war coverage here and on the Middle East here.

Here is a recap of the latest developments:

The head of a UN inquiry accused the Israeli military of carrying out the “extermination” of Palestinians.
In a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva, the head of a UN Commission of Inquiry, Navi Pillay, said the scale of Palestinian civilian losses amounted to “extermination”. Israel, which does not cooperate with the inquiry and alleges an anti-Israel bias, chose the mother of a hostage to speak on its behalf and criticised the report on the grounds that it did not give due attention to hostages taken by Hamas on 7 October.< . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /li>
In a report published on Wednesday, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) concluded that Israel’s use of heavy bombs in Gaza raised “serious concerns” under laws of war.
The OHCHR provided details on six Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, which it said were emblematic of a concerning pattern, involving the suspected use of up to 2,000-pound bombs on residential buildings, a school, refugee camps and a market.
In its reports, the OHCHR also said that Israeli forces may have repeatedly violated fundamental principles of the laws of war and failed to distinguish between civilians and fighters in their Gaza Strip military campaign.
Israel’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva characterised the OHCHR analysis as “factually, legally, and methodologically flawed.”
The Israeli diplomatic mission said: “Since the OHCHR has, at best, a partial factual picture, any attempt to reach legal conclusions is inherently flawed.”
Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a fresh barrage of more than a dozen projectiles into northern Israel on Wednesday,
the Israeli army said, a day after Israel warned of a “total war” with the Iran-backed militant group.

Hezbollah said on Wednesday it fired “dozens of Katyusha rockets and artillery rounds” at a barracks in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel in retaliation for the “Israeli enemy attacks”
on Yarun and Khiam.
Europe has a duty to host children hurt and traumatised by war in Gaza for as long as the conflict continues, Greek foreign minister George Gerapetritis has said. Gerapetritis is seeking partners in what he hopes would be a project to temporarily bring the children to the EU, and said he discussed the idea with Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Mustafa this week.
Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Houthi rebels, leading industry groups said on Wednesday, after the sinking of a second ship.
Israeli airstrikes and clashes between troops and Palestinian militants in Gaza took place on Wednesday. Witnesses and the civil defence agency in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip reported Israeli bombardment in western Rafah, where medics said drone strikes and shelling killed at least seven people.

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Iran-backed militant group fired more than a dozen projectiles into northern Israel, says Israeli army, day after Israel warned of ‘total war’ with group

The head of a UN inquiry accused the Israeli military of carrying out the “extermination” of Palestinians.

In a report published on Wednesday, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) concluded that Israel’s use of heavy bombs in Gaza raised “serious concerns” under laws of war.

In its reports, the OHCHR also said that Israeli forces may have repeatedly violated fundamental principles of the laws of war and failed to distinguish between civilians and fighters in their Gaza Strip military campaign.

Israel’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva characterised the OHCHR analysis as “factually, legally, and methodologically flawed.”

Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a fresh barrage of more than a dozen projectiles into northern Israel on Wednesday,

Hezbollah said on Wednesday it fired “dozens of Katyusha rockets and artillery rounds” at a barracks in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel in retaliation for the “Israeli enemy attacks”

Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Houthi rebels, leading industry groups said on Wednesday, after the sinking of a second ship.