The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns that a humanitarian ceasefire is urgently needed in Gaza as the situation becomes a matter of life and death for millions. The agency accuses Israel of collective punishment and forced displacement of civilians.
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees told a UN emergency meeting on Monday that “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire has become a matter of life and death for millions”, and accused Israel of “ collective punishment ” of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians.
commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini warned that a further breakdown of civil order following the looting of the agency’s warehouses by Palestinians searching for food and other aid “will make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the largest UN agency in Gaza to continue operating”. Briefings to the Security Council by Lazzarini, the head of the UN children’s agency
and a senior UN humanitarian official painted a dire picture of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, 23 days after Hamas’ surprise October 7 attacks in Israel. Lazzarini said there is no safe place anywhere in Gaza, warning that basic services are crumbling, medicine, food, water and fuel are running out, and the streets “have started overflowing with sewage, which will cause a massive health hazard very soon”.
oversees water and sanitation issues for the UN. Agency head Catherine Russell warned that “the lack of clean water and safe sanitation is on the verge of becoming a catastrophe”.
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