21 October 2024
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
Gaza: the Israeli Authorities continue to deny humanitarian missions to reach the north with critical supplies including medicine and food for people under siege.
Hospitals have been hit and are left without power while injured people are left without care.
UNRWA remaining shelters are so overcrowded, some displaced people are now forced to live in the toilets.
According to reports, people attempting to flee are getting killed, their bodies left on the street. Missions to rescue people from under the rubble are also being denied.
Humanitarian agencies including UNRWA must get access to north Gaza.
Denying & weaponizing humanitarian assistance to achieve military purposes is a sign of how low the moral compass is.
Assistance must reach everyone in need in Gaza: civilians, including children and the hostages.
No one should beg to assist or to be assisted.
A ceasefire is the beginning to putting an end to this endless nightmare. Ceasefire now.
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 21/10/2024
URL source: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/gaza-israeli-authorities-continue-deny-humanitarian-missions