Alice Edwards, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on Torture, also condemned the killing of six Israeli hostages earlier this month and called for an immediate end to hostilities on all fronts.
Approximately 250 Israelis and foreign nationals were taken hostage during the 7 October 2023 terror attack by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in southern Israel, which also claimed over 1,250 lives, including women and children.
Ninety-seven hostages are still unaccounted for, presumed to be held in Gaza, which has been under an intense Israeli military offensive since t