UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk addressed a media briefing after his visit to the Rafah border crossing. Here is what he said:

• People in Gaza being operated without anaesthesia
• Strikes on hospitals and in the vicinity of hospitals in Gaza city particularly intense; nowhere in Gaza is safe
• Need for parties to agree to a ceasefire imperative
• Israel must take all measures to put an end to incidents of hate speech and incitement against Palestinians
• Sharp increase in settler violence, takeover of land across West Bank