New Delhi, July 24 -- Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram on July 24 voiced serious concern over the recent violence in Gaza as more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May in the territory, according to the United Nations.

"Humanity is shamed in Gaza," Chidambaram said in a post on X.

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip, mostly near aid sites run by an American contractor, the UN human rights office said Tuesday, according to news agency AP.

"Every day, the number of killings in Gaza is in the double-digits. Many of them are women and children who had nothing to do with starting the conflict," the Congress ...