A Palestinian man carries a wounded child after an Israeli strike on a residential building in Gaza City, Friday, June 27, 2025.

Israeli troops are “haunted by what they have done” in Gaza, according to a UN specialist.

Israel declared war on the Palestinian territory in October 2023 after Gaza-based militants Hamas killed 1,200 people on Israeli soil and took a further 251 others hostage.

Israel then imposed an aid blockade and launched a ground offensive, triggering a humanitarian crisis in the territory.

An estimated 56,000 people in Gaza have been killed over the last 21 months. Up to 70% of the deceased are believed to be women and children.

On Monday, an Israeli soldier told Sky News that his unit was often ordered to fatally shoot anyone entering so-called “no-go zones” whether or not they posed a threat.

He suggested there is a prevailing belief in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) that all Gazans are terrorists, even if some are “poor people, civilians that don’t really have too many choices” .

On Monday evening, the UN’s special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, explained that many........

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