UN raises concern about pattern of Israel killing Gazans near armistice line

“UN raises concern about pattern of Israel killing Gazans near armistice line About a third of Palestinians killed by Israel since the beginning of the ceasefire were near the military’s so-called “buffer zone”, raising concerns that troops are shooting at civilians approaching the area, which would constitute “unlawful killings and thus war crimes”, according to the UN human rights office. “Civilians do not appear to have posed any risk to the life of the Israeli military, including some cases in which they appear to have been shot while carrying out daily activities or having approached or crossed Israel’s so-called yellow line,” said Ajith Sunghay, head of the U.N. Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territory, calling the pattern alarming. He added that the boundary is not clear and constantly shifting so that “nobody clearly knows exactly where it starts, where it ends, and how it moves and when it moves.” UN data shared with Reuters showed that, of the 453 verified killings since the ceasefire began through to 5 February, 152 Palestinians, including women and children, were near the boundary. More than 900 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes since the truce, according to Gaza health authorities. A Palestinian woman sits in front of the rubble of buildings detroyed in Israeli military strikes in Khan Yunis on 26 May 2026 (Bashar Taleb/AFP)

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