Gaza Strip: Un Denounces Crisis After New Israeli Offensive

Martyrs product of the Israeli Agression, Oct 2024 Photo: @M_Star_Online

October 9, 2024 Hour: 2:43 pm

With almost no basic supplies available, hunger is spreading and deepening again,

On Wednesday, a UN official said at least 400,000 Palestinians are now trapped in the northern Gaza Strip amid growing famine and increased Israeli attacks.

There is no end to the hell in northern Gaza, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (Unrwa), Philippe Lazzarini, wrote on his social media account.

‘Recent evacuation orders by the Israeli authorities are forcing people to flee again and again, especially from Jabalia (refugee) camp,’ he stressed.

Lazzarini stressed that many refuse because nowhere in the coastal enclave is safe.

Northern #Gaza: no end to hell.
At least 400,000 people are trapped in the area.

Recent evacuation orders from the Israeli Authorities are forcing people to flee again & again, especially from Jabalia Camp.

Many are refusing because they know too well that no place anywhere…
— Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) October 9, 2024

“With almost no basic supplies available, hunger is spreading and deepening again,” he warned.

The Unrwa chief warned that the recent operation launched by the army against the northern region also threatens the implementation of the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign.

‘The children are, as always, the first and the worst affected. They deserve much more, they deserve a ceasefire now, they deserve a future,’ he said.

Over the past 12 months Lazzarini has repeatedly called for an end to the attacks on Gaza, where nearly 42,000 people are reported dead and 96,000 wounded in the past year.