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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said the Palestinian people have been subjected to an assault that is unparalleled in its intensity, brutality and scope
Democratic Sen. Chris van Hollen tore into Israel for textbook war crime on Monday evening after a visit to the region - but still voted to fund its war on Hamas .
Israel says it wants to flush out Hamas militants from hideouts in Rafah and free Israeli hostages being held there, and is making plans to evacuate trapped Palestinian civilians.
Talks involving the United States, Egypt, Israel and Qatar on a Gaza truce have ended without a breakthrough as calls grow for Israel to hold back on a planned assau.