Highlights of the noon briefing by Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General (excerpt on Occupied Palestinian Territory) 28 June 2024

28 June 2024

(Excerpt)

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Occupied Palestinian Territory

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs say that UN’s partners are reporting new displacement from areas east of Gaza City.

Yesterday, the Israeli military ordered people living in 28 residential blocks in areas east of Gaza City to immediately evacuate. The humanitarian partners estimate that at least 60,000 people were displaced from this area, which spans over seven square kilometres.

Also yesterday, a military operation in the area of al-Mawasi resulted in scores of casualties arriving to a nearby field hospital and the displacement of at least 5,000 people, according to our partners on the ground.

Meanwhile, access constraints – coupled with insecurity and ongoing hostilities – continue to significantly impede the delivery of essential humanitarian assistance and services across Gaza.

This includes critical food and nutrition aid, medical care, shelter support, and water, sanitation, and hygiene services for hundreds of thousands of people in need.
OCHA reports that, as of yesterday, the Israeli authorities had facilitated less than half of more than 100 planned humanitarian assistance missions that were coordinated to reach northern Gaza this month. The rest were either impeded, denied access, or canceled due to logistical, operational or security reasons.

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