Senior UN Official Urges Action 'To Prevent Genocide' In Gaza

Israel's war in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of people and left many of the enclave's schools, hospitals and residential neighborhoods reduced to rubble (Credit: AFP)

United Nations relief chief Tom Fletcher on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to take action "to prevent genocide" in Gaza, delivering a scathing account of Israel's actions in the Palestinian territory.

Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, demanded that Israel lift its aid blockade on Gaza, where its offensive has killed tens of thousands and reduced much of the enclave to rubble.