, June 4 -- Gaza has become worse than hell on Earth, said president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric.

Speaking in a BBC interview at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva, Spoljaric says humanity is failing. "States are not doing enough to end the war, end the suffering of Palestinians and release Israeli hostages," she adds.

According to Spoljaric, Palestinians are being denied their basic human dignity, and the principles of international humanitarian law are being severely undermined.

What's happening in Gaza, she said, exceeds all boundaries of legal, moral, and humanitarian norms.

The ICRC, a neutral body working in conflict zones, currently has over 300 staff in Gaza-most of them local Palesti...