Gaza: UN’s Türk urges ‘political path out of horror’

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday welcomed the Security Council call for pauses in the fighting in Gaza where “doctors operate on screaming children without anaesthetic, using mobile phones for light”, before appealing directly to the warring sides to lay down their weapons.

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Gaza: UN’s Türk urges ‘political path out of horror’

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