The statement signed by the UN's 18 principals reported that 88 UN officials were killed in Gaza by Israel.
In a statement issued on November 5, representatives of the UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
"For almost a month, the world has been watching the unfolding situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory in shock and horror at the spiraling numbers of lives lost and torn apart," The 18 principals signed the statement.
The humanitarian catastrophe that has befallen the Palestinians in Gaza was mentioned in the statement. The study mentions Israeli deaths briefly before declaring that "cutting off 2.2 million Palestinians from food, water, medicine, electricity, and fuel is an outrage, as is the disproportionate killing of civilians in Gaza."
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"In Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health, nearly 9,500 people have been killed, including 3,900 children and over 2,400 women. Mo...
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