🇵🇸 'Gaza Is Being Strangled': Head of UN Refugee Agency Issues Stirring Appeal for Cease-Fire
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees issued an urgent appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza on Friday, warning that Israel's blockade and incessant bombing are plunging the territory's population into a horrific humanitarian emergency.
During a press conference, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (#UNRWA) commissioner-general said the #Gaza Strip is "on the brink of a massive health hazard as the risks of diseases are looming."
The UNRWA chief said Friday that the slow and limited trickle of aid thus far "will not reverse the fact that Gaza is being strangled."
"These few trucks are nothing more than crumbs that will not make a difference for 2 million people," said Lazzarini. "We should avoid conveying the message that a few trucks a day means the siege is lifted for humanitarian aid. It is not. The current system in place is geared to fail."
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees issued an urgent appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza on Friday, warning that Israel's blockade and incessant bombing are plunging the territory's population into a horrific humanitarian emergency.
During a press conference, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (#UNRWA) commissioner-general said the #Gaza Strip is "on the brink of a massive health hazard as the risks of diseases are looming."
The UNRWA chief said Friday that the slow and limited trickle of aid thus far "will not reverse the fact that Gaza is being strangled."
"These few trucks are nothing more than crumbs that will not make a difference for 2 million people," said Lazzarini. "We should avoid conveying the message that a few trucks a day means the siege is lifted for humanitarian aid. It is not. The current system in place is geared to fail."
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🇵🇸 Israel continues to bombard Gaza, leaving thousands displaced
#Israel has intensified its bombardment in the north of the Gaza Strip, specifically near #Jabalia refugee camp where a complete neighbourhood has been attacked and dozens of residential buildings were completely wiped out.
With every hour more than 50 Palestinians get killed by the Israeli ongoing strikes.
The majority of the death toll, as the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has announced, is young children and women.
UNRWA, the #UN agency for Palestinian Refugees, says it has lost touch with its staff in Gaza. On Saturday displaced Gazans stormed one of the Agency’s food supply centers in Deir el-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Nearly one-third of Gaza's population is now displaced and resides in facilities affiliated with #UNRWA. But more than 50 of its employees have been killed. For them, like the rest of the #Gaza Strip’s population, there is no place to go.
#AlJazeera’s Resul Serdar reports.
#Palestine #Genocide
29/10/2023
#Israel has intensified its bombardment in the north of the Gaza Strip, specifically near #Jabalia refugee camp where a complete neighbourhood has been attacked and dozens of residential buildings were completely wiped out.
With every hour more than 50 Palestinians get killed by the Israeli ongoing strikes.
The majority of the death toll, as the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has announced, is young children and women.
UNRWA, the #UN agency for Palestinian Refugees, says it has lost touch with its staff in Gaza. On Saturday displaced Gazans stormed one of the Agency’s food supply centers in Deir el-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Nearly one-third of Gaza's population is now displaced and resides in facilities affiliated with #UNRWA. But more than 50 of its employees have been killed. For them, like the rest of the #Gaza Strip’s population, there is no place to go.
#AlJazeera’s Resul Serdar reports.
#Palestine #Genocide
29/10/2023