“Although he does not comment on events of this nature, the Secretary-General is concerned that this now results in an immediate ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and unrestricted humanitarian access to Gaza,” Farhan Haq said during the daily press conference at the United Nations Headquarters.
The North is increasingly dangerous
Providing the latest updates, he said the United Nations humanitarian office, OCHAreported that conditions in the north were increasingly harsh and dangerous for civilians, with families trying to survive under intense bombardment.
United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees, UNRWAHaq confirmed the third Israeli attack on the agency’s facilities last week, adding that scores of people were killed after the attacks targeted a school. in Jabalia.
OCHA warns that continued lack of access to the Jabalia refugee camp is having life-threatening impacts. He said on Friday the United Nations agency had sent an urgent request to Israeli authorities to facilitate the evacuation of several dozen people believed to be trapped under the rubble.
“In previous cases, OCHA accompanied rescue teams where access was facilitated too late, resulting in only corpses being recovered,” the deputy spokesman said.
He emphasized that the United Nations and its partners are ready to provide water and food, noting that the World Food Program (WFP) could only reach about 100,000 people in the North due to inaccessibility and fighting.
Only 12 trucks carrying flour entered northern Gaza after two weeks of border closures, with supplies only enough to feed 9,200 families, the United Nations food agency reported on Tuesday.
“We call on the Israeli authorities to allow safe, continuous and unhindered access to Jabalia and all northern areas where people are in dire need of assistance.Mr. Haq said, emphasizing that aid organizations must be able to carry out their lifesaving work across the Strip.
According to several United Nations agencies, the majority of the 2.3 million people in Gaza are displaced.
The polio campaign moves south
World Health Organization (WHO) has provided supplies in the south to health facilities ahead of the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign starting on Saturday.
The UN agency and its partners aim to provide a second dose of the vaccine to 293,000 children in southern Gaza.
More than 284,000 children will receive vitamin A supplements, the deputy spokesman added.
War ‘continues to cause terror’
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process said Friday that the war in Gaza “continues to cause terror” for people there while hostages have been held by Hamas for more than a year. years ago “still detained in terrible conditions”.
Tor Wennesland also noted the killing of the head of Hamas in Gaza on Thursday, admitting his role in the “horrific attacks” on October 7, 2023.
he said Today is a “critical moment” and the warring parties must seize the opportunity to silence the guns and release all hostages.: “I call on all parties to engage in dialogue and reach an agreement.”
UNICEF: Aid is running out
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Gaza spokesman James Elder said earlier on Friday that Only 80 trucks carrying food and water aid have been allowed into the North since October 2.
He warned that a year on from the first mandatory evacuation of the Las Vegas Strip, the international community is “watching history repeat itself” and warned of a “déjà vu, with even darker shadows.” It’s even darker.”
Many Palestinians hope that the death of Mr. Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, will bring a halt to fighting in GazaMr. Elder added, after Israel confirmed that the fighter was killed in southern Gaza earlier this week.
A UNICEF spokesperson said: “I have received many reports from people on the ground, from young people I met, who thought this would be the end of the war and their feelings responded because they felt the war was now finally over.”
‘Inability’ to cope
A UNICEF spokesperson asserted that displaced families are being forced into “so-called humanitarian zones,” which in reality offer no safety because they are also being bombed. One of these areas, Al Mawasi, in the south of the enclave, now has a population of 730,000, up from 9,000 before the war..
With a surface covering about 3% of the Gaza Strip, this “would be the most populous city on the planet” if it were a city and not a sand dune. Without the capacity to accommodate a population of that size, Al Mawasi has suffered “multiple mass casualty events,” Mr. Elder said.
“Today, in the South, where families are forced to flee, it is overcrowded,” a UNICEF spokesperson warned, adding that current conditions include a lack of capacity. access to “deadly” sanitation, water and shelter.
With each repeat of last year’s events, “the situation of children in Gaza is at its worst,” he said.
Israeli forces attacked tents sheltering displaced civilians near Al-Aqsa Hospital in an area where people from northern Gaza were asked to relocate.
The head of UNRWA criticized the latest attempt to discredit the agency
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, on Friday criticized the publication of “unverified information” that is being used by some press agencies to once again discredit aid agency credit.
In a post on on the discovery of a document believed to be his passport.
“I confirm that the employee in question is alive. He currently lives in Egypt, where he traveled with his family in April across the Rafah border,” Mr. Lazzarini said, adding that it was time “to end the disinformation campaigns.”
