In recent days, multiple days have killed and injured dozens of Palestinians on sites hosting displaced people and others trying to access essential supplies, according to a statement UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric Thursday.
“The secretary general firmly condemns the loss of civilian life,” said Dujarric.
Only one day this week, nearly 30,000 people were forced to flee under new Israeli relocation orders, without any safe place and clearly inadequate supplies of shelters, food, medication or water, he added.
Critical systems Stop
Without fuel having entered Gaza in more than 17 weeks, the United Nations is also “seriously concerned about the fact that the last lines of survival survival are cut”.
“Without an urgent influx of fuel, the incubators will stop, the ambulances will not be able to reach the wounded and the patients, and the water cannot be purified,” said Dujarric.
“Delivery by the United Nations and the partners of the little wild humanitarian aid is left in Gaza will also stop.”
The secretary general reiterated his call for safe and sustained humanitarian access so that help can reach people in desperate need.
“The UN has a clear and experienced plan, rooted in humanitarian principles, to obtain vital aid for civilians – safely and on a large scale, wherever they are,” said Dujarric.
The secretary general reiterated his call to an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the unconditional release of all the hostages held by Hamas and other groups. He reminded of all the parties that international humanitarian law should be confirmed.
Continuous displacement
The displacement remains relentless. Wednesday, the Israeli authorities published a new evacuation order in certain parts of Gaza City, affecting some 40,000 people and including a travel site, a medical point and one of the few districts that had remained intact by these orders since before the ceasefire in March.
Since this ceasefire has collapsed, more than 50 orders of this type have been issued, now covering 78% of the Gaza territory.
“Add the Israeli-militarized areas and this percentage jumps at 85-leaving only 15% where civilians can really stay,” said Dujarric, informs journalists at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
These areas are overcrowded and seriously lack of appropriate services or infrastructure.
“Imagine having a little more than two million people in Manhattan-which is actually slightly larger-but instead of buildings, the area is dotted with rubble and bombed structures, without basic infrastructure or support,” said UN spokesperson.
“And in Gaza, these remaining areas are also fragmented and dangerous.”
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