India, June 16 -- The United Nations on Monday accused Israel of "weaponising food and lifesaving aid" amid reports of multiple shootings near humanitarian aid distribution centres in Gaza. As per the latest reports, at least 38 people were killed in gunfire near an aid site in Gaza on Monday.

Presenting the annual report of the UNHRC at the 59th Human Rights Council in Geneva, United Nations rights commissioner Volker Turk has stated that Israel's "means and methods of warfare inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians in Gaza."

In his speech at the 59th Human Rights Council on Monday, Turk accused Israel of blocking lifesaving aid for Gaza.

"Israel has weaponised food and blocked lifesaving aid," the UN human rig...