According to the latest U.N. figures from Gaza's Ministry of Health, more than 8,300 people have been killed - 66% of them women and children. Urgent cease-fire in Gaza is matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians, UN agency says UNITED NATIONS -- The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees told a U.N. emergency meeting Monday "an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions," accusing Israel of "collective punishment" of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians. Philippe Lazzarini warned that a further breakdown of civil order after the...