UN official says ‘devastating war on Gaza’ must end
Rosemary Anne DiCarlo, the UN’s under-secretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs, addressed the UN Security Council on Israel’s expanding war on Gaza, which she called “devastating”.
“The number of fatalities tragically keeps increasing. More than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed … many of them children,” DiCarlo said.
She reiterated the need for an urgent ceasefire and called for a “massive scale-up” of humanitarian aid to Gaza, where acute malnutrition and disease are spreading after nearly one year of attacks.
A Palestinian boy suffering from malnutrition at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis
Gaza ceasefire ‘absolute and urgent priority’
Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, addressed the Security Council on the “tragic situation” unfolding in the Middle East.
“It is bound up with the war in Gaza, the spiralling violence in the West Bank including East Jerusalem, and Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territories,” Turk said.
He noted the “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Gaza, adding he is “outraged by the inconceivable toll of human suffering”.
Ending the war on Gaza and avoiding a regional conflict is an “absolute and urgent priority”, he added.
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