UNICEF Reiterates Attacks On Health Facilities Violate International Humanitarian Law Following Bombings Of Clinics In Syria

U.N. News Centre: Recent attacks on hospitals in Aleppo ‘can amount to war crimes’ — UNICEF
“The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reiterated [Tuesday] that attacks on health facilities are a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and can amount to war crimes, in response to the recent airstrikes on four hospitals and a blood bank in eastern Aleppo city in Syria…” (7/26).

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