 I am Dr. Kaileng Mufugeng, a medical practitioner and the UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. I have no words to describe the current situation in Gaza because of its atrocity. Hundreds of thousands of people, including pregnant women, older persons, persons with disabilities and children who are already living in a dire situation, have been affected by these attacks. Hospitals, including a children's hospital, healthcare workers and ambulances whose role is to provide healthcare to the population have also been targeted. The Gaza Strip is experiencing continuous bombardment and massive devastation. The health sector in the enclave is at a breaking point. As a medical practitioner, I am horrified to be witness to these attacks. Hospitals and health infrastructure are not and should never be targets. Continuing the violent displacement and threats of further attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip poses a major public health risk and ongoing emergency. As of 6 November, approximately 39 Gaza health facilities have been affected since 7 October 2023 and approximately 80 age United Nations staff have been killed. Humanitarian workers, physicians, civil society, human rights organizations and journalists continue to work in the region while under bombardment themselves. Moreover, bombing schools and hospitals is a violation of international law. I call on parties to the conflict and their international partners to ensure swift and unimpeded access to essential humanitarian supplies, including food, water and medicine, fuel and electricity. Gaza's medical infrastructure has been irreparably damaged and healthcare providers have been working in a dire situation with very limited access to medical supplies and in conditions that do not allow them to provide timely and quality healthcare. Psychosocial support and psychological first aid is urgently needed. The recurrent communication blackout also poses a further risk to emergency responses and for coordination of care. Member States must stop beating the drums of war. I call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the occupation and the prevention of the right to health abuses and violations, including underlying determinants of health. I also call on the international community and leaders to intervene immediately to prevent the escalation of the conflict and to respect, protect and fulfill the right to life and the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. The current situation is a repungent hallmark of the ongoing and sustained horrific settler violence unto the people in the occupied Palestinian territory, evidence also by escalating attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank. The latest escalation and display of aggression on the occupied Palestinian territory must not be de-contextualized. The Palestinian people have been displaced for more than 75 years. The occupied Palestinian territory has been under military occupation for more than 56 years. An occupation entailing a lack of accountability, ongoing displacements and demolitions, movement restrictions and systemic racial discrimination. UN Member States had reaffirmed their commitment to upholding the sovereign equality of all states and respect for their territorial integrity and political independence, recognizing in fact 2019 to 2028 as the Nelson Mandela decade of peace. This declaration by member states supports a comprehensive approach to sustaining peace by preventing conflict and addressing its root causes. Steps to realizing the right to self-determination of Palestinians is linked to their dignity and sovereignty. The human right to be, to thrive and not merely survive sees fire now and end the occupation. It is about the full autonomy and self-determination of the people. The right to life, to dignity and the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health must be guaranteed. You cannot extinguish the human desire for freedom.