Israel's total siege of the Gaza Strip is banned under international law, the United Nations human rights chief said today

The death toll rose to 900 in Israel, which has retaliated with a withering barrage of strikes on Gaza, raising the death toll there to 687.

'We are putting a complete siege on Gaza... No electricity, no food, no water, no gas -- it's all closed'

The spiraling violence threatens to start a major new war in the Middle East.