Israel escalation in Gaza is ‘utterly unjustifiable,’ Cooper tells UN

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“Israeli forces are escalating the conflict in Gaza City, pounding more homes into rubble, sending frightened families scattering,” Cooper said. “It is incomprehensible, it is inhumane, it is utterly unjustifiable and it must end. The Associated Press said that there was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has repeatedly bombed and raided hospitals in Gaza throughout the war. Multiple hospitals in famine-stricken Gaza City have been forced to shut down as Israeli forces advance. “Attacks on health facilities must end.