Situation in Gaza worse than hell: Red Cross chief

Humanity is failing in Gaza, warned Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to whom it is becoming unbearable to watch the suffering of the people unfold daily in the war-torn Palestinian region. The situation has “gone beyond any acceptable legal, moral, and humane standards”, she said in an interview to the BBC. A few weeks ago, during her visit to Gaza, the anguished Red Cross chief had remarked that Gaza has become hell on Earth. Speaking to BBC’s Jeremy Bowen on Tuesday, she said “Gaza is now worse than hell”. Amid reports of mass sickness, widespread starvation, children howling with hunger, and rising piles of the dead, the International Red Cross chief said, “We cannot continue to watch what is happening in Gaza. We can no longer watch the level of suffering and destruction. The fact that we are watching a people being entirely stripped of its human dignity, should really shock our collective conscience.” @@@