UN rights chief calls halting Gaza war urgent priority

U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said Monday that ending the war in Gaza "and averting a full-blown regional conflict is an absolute and urgent priority."

"We know that wars spill over, and into, future generations, fostering repeated cycles of hatred if their causes remain unaddressed," Turk told a session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. "Sadly, the war in Gaza is the quintessential example."

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