The "carnage" in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council on Thursday, after almost five months of constant Israeli bombardment and mass displacement in the enclave, prompted by Hamas-led attacks.

"The war in Gaza must end," Mr. Türk said, insisting that it was "well past time" for peace, accountability and investigations into the "clear" violations of international humanitarian law and possible war crimes by both sides.

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