UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is continuing to provide the best possible health care but overcrowded shelters and limited cleaning services, along with forced displacement, are causing serious health risks , the agency said in a report. parcel on X
Furthermore, many people cannot afford clean water and people are resorting to burning trash to cook, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) more.
Aid activities ‘near collapse’
There are also serious concerns that humanitarian operations in the region are “about to collapse”.
United Nations World Food Program (WFP) is warned in a news that if food and humanitarian supplies do not begin to flow into Gaza in “large quantities,” desperation and hunger will spread.
“The limited function of the southern border gates, which are vital routes for receiving aid, means that Almost no fuel or aid has reached any part of Gaza. Currently no food distribution is taking place in southern Gaza except for a limited amount of stock provided to community kitchens to serve hot meals,” it noted.
All bakeries in Rafah are closed. However, as of Wednesday, the agency was still able to support six bakeries in central Gaza, four in Gaza City and one in Jabalia.
Listen below for an update on the humanitarian situation in Gaza from Shaza Moghraby, WFP spokesperson in New York:
Many allegations of torture
Also on Thursday, an independent United Nations human rights expert called on the Israeli government to investigate multiple allegations of torture and other degrading treatment of Palestinians detained since October 7. last year.
Alice Jill Edwards, Special Rapporteur on torture emphasizes that anyone deprived of liberty must always be treated humanely.
“They must be provided with all protections required by international humanitarian and human rights law, regardless of the circumstances of their detention,” she said in one New information posted.
The Eastern Human Rights AssociationThe appointed expert said she had received allegations of people being beaten, blindfolded and handcuffed in cells for too long, deprived of sleep and threatened with physical and sexual violence. .
Other reports suggest prisoners were subjected to insults and humiliating acts, such as being photographed and filmed in degrading positions, while the use of zip-tie handcuffs during long is believed to have caused injuries and friction injuries.
Irresponsible
Ms Edwards said: “I am particularly concerned that this growing pattern of offending, coupled with a lack of accountability and transparency, is creating an enabling environment for further abusive and degrading treatment of Palestinian”.
Listen UN News‘ interview with the Special Rapporteur here:
Since the brutal attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups on the Israeli community on October 7, 2023 and the subsequent Israeli military offensive in Gaza, it is estimated that thousands of Palestinians from Gaza as well as the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, were detained. – including some children.
Special rapporteurs are authorized by the Geneva-based Human Rights Council to monitor human rights issues and country situations by theme. They operate independently of the United Nations and foreign governments, are not employees of the United Nations and do not receive salaries.
