GENEVA, Switzerland: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Saturday strongly denounced the "sharp rise in hatred globally" since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7.

In a statement, Volker Turk said he was "disgusted" by the surge in cases of antisemitism, Islamophobia and other hate speech, both online and offline.

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