# United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on governments around the world to use their leverage and put pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza. On Sunday, Israel imposed a ten-hour tactical pause in military activity in three areas of Gaza, as international outrage grows over starvation inside the Palestinian enclave. Speaking ahead of a conference on Palestine opening in New York today, Türk said countries that fail to use their leverage may be complicit in international crimes:
UN Human Rights chief calls on governments to put pressure on Israel to end the war [SOUND]
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