The Red Cross calls for urgent action to stop the worsening suffering in the Gaza Strip.

The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, called on the international community to take urgent and collective action to end the worsening humanitarian suffering in the Gaza Strip.

"There is no justification for what is happening in Gaza," Spoljaric said in a press statement issued Saturday. "The scale of human suffering and the level of violation of human dignity have exceeded all legally and morally acceptable limits."

She stressed that the continued absence of a ceasefire means further civilian casualties, noting that civilians are suffering from severe suffering due to an indiscriminate war and the resulting deprivation of the most basic necessities of life.

"The ongoing hostilities are mercilessly claiming lives, with children dying from food shortages and families being forced to repeatedly flee in search of nonexistent safety," she added, noting that the ICRC's 350 staff in Gaza face the same dire conditions to access food and clean water.

Spoljaric stressed the need to end this tragedy immediately and decisively, asserting that any political hesitation or justification for the ongoing violations will go down in history as a collective failure to maintain a minimum of humanity in times of war.

It called on states to fulfill their obligations under the Geneva Conventions, ensure respect for international humanitarian law, including refraining from transferring weapons that could be used to commit serious violations, and work to compel parties to the conflict to fully comply with international humanitarian law.

It also called for the urgent resumption of humanitarian aid throughout the Gaza Strip without hindrance or discrimination, the release of all remaining hostages, and the resumption of visits by the ICRC to Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention facilities.

She stressed that saving lives in Gaza is possible if there is political courage to respect the rules of war and ensure the protection afforded to civilians by international humanitarian law.