Israeli plan for Gaza takeover must be halted immediately, UN rights chief says

LONDON (Reuters) -The Israeli government’s plan for a full-scale military takeover of Gaza will cause more deaths and suffering and must be halted immediately, the United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said on Friday.

The plan runs contrary to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Israel must bring its occupation to an end as soon as possible, to the realisation of the agreedtwo-state solution and to the right of Palestinians to self-determination, Turk said in a…