Humanitarian chiefs said on Thursday they had run out of words to describe the horrors unfolding in Gaza, stressing that states and especially Israel could not “offload” responsibility for the carnage on to aid workers. “We are reaching the barriers of language in describing the humanitarian situation,” ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric told a Geneva briefing for diplomats on events in Gaza. The Red Cross chief told the diplomats their countries were responsible for ensuring the Geneva Conventions are upheld.
