Gaza population being dehumanized UN agency warns as Netanyahu rejects ceasefire calls

The entire population of Gaza is “being dehumanized,” the chief of the main UN agency operating there told the UN Security Council Monday, as pressure intensified on the besieged strip with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruling out to a ceasefire, saying “thisis a time for war.”

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner general of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) told the Security Council that thousands of children killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in the past three weeks “cannot be collateral damage.”

Major UN agencies are calling for a humanitarian ceasefire to allow deliveries of aidfor more than 2 million civilians trapped

...woman who was abducted from the Nova music festival and taken to Gaza has been declared dead, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Monday.A source involved with her identification told CNN Louk’s death was announced after forensic examiners found a bone fragment from her skull.This story is developing and is being updated.