Voice of America quoted UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, who has stated that the factions' targeting of civilian infrastructure or its use for military purposes is a clear violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
Israeli soldier Private Eden Atias was killed on Wednesday after being stabbed in the neck in a bus in Afula, a northern city. While rushed to a nearby hospital, he later died of his wounds, Ynet News reported. Hussein Jawadra, the 16-year-old assailant from Jenin who had been residing in Israel illegal, turned himself over to security forces.