New York, Jan. 6 -- Emphasising that three months have passed since the horrific October 7 attacks, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that Gaza has become "uninhabitable" and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities.

Tens of thousands of people, mostly women and children, have been killed or injured during the attacks.

Moreover, families are sleeping in the open as temperatures plummet, Griffiths stressed.

"Gaza has simply become uninhabitable. Its people are witnessing daily threats to their very existence while the world watches on," he said.

Additionally, public health disasters are unfolding as infectious diseases are spreading in overcrow...