Several United Nations agencies are again sounding the alarm on the rapid deterioration of humanitarian conditions in much of Gaza and the civilian toll of more than a year of Israeli military operations.

The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.

Nearly 70% of the verified fatalities in Gaza as a result of the Israel-Hamas war are women and children, according to a new report published Friday by the UN Human Rights Office. Why it matters: The report's findings indicate a "systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law,