A “new inferno” has been unleashed on Gaza following the restart of conflict in the Palestinian territory, the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said, AFP reports.

“Gaza is experiencing and enduring… death, injury, multiple displacements, amputations, separation, disappearance, starvation and denial of aid and dignity on a massive scale, and just when the all important ceasefire led people to believe they had survived the worst, a new inferno was unleashed,” Pierre Krahenbuhl said.

“This includes the trauma of families of Israeli hostages who face a never ending nightmare, and of the families of Palestinian prisoners, over 400 aid workers and 1,000 health care workers have been killed in Gaza, including 36 from the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement,” he told the annual Global security forum in Doha.

“This horror and dehumanisation will haunt us for decades to come,” Krahenbuhl added.