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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, says that a projected imminent famine in war-torn Gaza "can and must be prevented". In a recorded statement, he warns that Israel's restrictions on the entry of aid and its ongoing attacks "may amount to the use of starvation as a method of war, which is a war crime". SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the world is entering "an age of chaos," with a deeply divided Security Council unable to address critical issues such as the Israel-Hamas war. "This is not the first time the Council has been divided -- but it is the worst. Today's dysfunction is deeper and more dangerous", says the UN chief, as he presents his 2024 priorities to the General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says 'more food, more water, more medicine' needed in Gaza during a press conference in Tel Aviv. SOUNDBITE
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin says that the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip was an Israeli operation and his visit to Israel was not aimed at setting a timeline for the conflict. SOUNDBITE
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, amid fighting between Israel and Hamas that has raged for more than five weeks. IMAGES
EU foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg, with Israel's conflict with Hamas at the top of the agenda. EU foreign police chief Josep Borrell urged faster aid deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip, saying that the few dozen trucks of humanitarian aid that had been allowed into the enclave from Egypt were not enough. Borrell added that the bloc was debating calling for a humanitarian pause in the conflict. IMAGES