The United Nations human rights chief, Volker Turk, condemned the ongoing warfare by Israel in Gaza, describing it as inflicting "horrifying, unconscionable suffering" on Palestinians. He urged global leaders to exert pressure on both Israel and the militant group Hamas to end the conflict and called for impartial investigations into deadly attacks on civilians. Additionally, a coalition of 28 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Japan, Australia, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and others, issued a joint statement demanding an immediate end to the war in Gaza. These nations criticized Israel's restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid and condemned the slow and uneven distribution of assistance, which has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians, including children, near aid distribution points. The statement also opposed any demographic changes in the occupied Palestinian territories. Israel's foreign ministry responded by dismissing the coalition's statement as "disconnected from reality" and accused it of sending a misleading message to Hamas.