The United Nations (U.N.) human rights chief on Monday warned of a deepening crisis in Gaza and the West Bank as the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict is still raging on.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that he remains highly concerned about the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and the conflict in the region continues to escalate.
Turk said that the only way out is to reach a ceasefire agreement, but it seems that that is still far away at present.
On the same day, the official Palestinian new agency WAFA reported that Israel's military operation against Izbat Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip resulted in the deaths of at least 20 people and the injuries of many others.
Earlier in the day, Israeli attacks on the town of Beit Lahia in the north of the Gaza Strip and the Al-Maghazi refugee camp killed six and two people, respectively.
The Palestinian official news agency also said that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops continue to launch attacks against hospitals and medics in the Gaza Strip, including the Indonesian Hospital, one of northern Gaza's largest healthcare facilities and Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Beit Lahia city in northern Gaza.
In a statement released on Monday, the IDF said that Israeli troops launched a drone airstrike in the West Bank City of Tubas and killed two Palestinians, seizing an assault rifle, two pistols and a hand grenade from the gunmen.
It has also been confirmed by the Palestinian health authorities.
U.N. human rights chief warns of escalating crisis in Gaza, West Bank
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son in Beijing on Tuesday, with both sides pledging to promote the China-Vietnam community with a shared future.
Noting that China and Vietnam are comrades in the socialist cause and good partners on the path of reform, Han said General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam have made strategic plans for advancing the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, providing clear direction for the development of bilateral relations.
Noting that next year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges, Han said the two sides should follow the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, maintain strategic communication, expand practical cooperation, consolidate the foundation of public opinion, strengthen multilateral coordination and promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, bringing more benefits to the two peoples.
Bui Thanh Son said that developing long-term friendly relations with China is the consistent proposition, objective requirement, strategic choice and top priority of Vietnam's diplomacy.
Vietnam firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to strengthen high-level exchanges, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation with China, and jointly promote the building of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future with strategic significance, he added.
Chinese, Vietnamese officials pledge to promote China-Vietnam community with shared future
