'More unbearable suffering': Condemnation of Israel’s new plans for Gaza 

Palestinians struggle to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City. Picture: AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi

The Israeli government's plan for a full-scale military takeover of Gaza will cause more deaths and suffering and must be halted immediately, the United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said on Friday.

Israel's political-security cabinet approved a plan early on Friday to take control of Gaza City, as the country expands its military operations despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war.