The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, stressed the need to resume the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.

"Israeli attacks have torn the social and material fabric" in the Strip, Turk said in his global report to the Human Rights Council on Monday.

The UN official stressed the importance of ensuring the continuation of the fragile ceasefire, and that it becomes a "basis for peace."

He added that any solution to the cycles of violence "must be rooted in human rights, including the right to self-determination, the rule of law and accountability."

"All hostages and arbitrarily detained persons must be released and humanitarian aid to Gaza must be resumed immediately," he continued.

Turk also expressed his dismay at the use of weapons and military tactics against Palestinians in the West Bank, as well as the destruction and emptying of refugee camps and the expansion of illegal settlements.

"Israel's unilateral actions and threats of annexation in the West Bank in violation of international law must stop," he added.

Between October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, Israel, with American support, committed genocide in Gaza, leaving more than 160,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.

Israel reneged on a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas on January 19, by refusing to move to its second phase, after the first ended at midnight on Saturday/Sunday.

Tel Aviv claimed that Hamas refuses to respond to an American proposal for a temporary ceasefire during the month of Ramadan and the Jewish Passover holiday, and decided to stop the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza as of yesterday, Sunday.

While Hamas affirms its commitment to the agreement and demands that Israel be bound by it, and calls on the mediators to immediately begin negotiations for the second phase, it considered the decision to prevent aid "cheap blackmail, a war crime, and a blatant coup against the agreement."

Since the Israeli genocide began in the Gaza Strip, Tel Aviv has intensified its moves to annex the occupied West Bank, and officials and ministers have confirmed in their statements their support for expanding settlements and annexing the West Bank.