The United Nations expressed deep concern on Friday for all civilians in the Gaza Strip after Israel’s order for the entire population there to leave the north, amid ongoing airstrikes and a deepening humanitarian crisis.
The UN representatives in Gaza on Thursday were informed by their liaison officers in the Israeli military that everyone living north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to southern Gaza within 24 hours. UN Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric said that some 1.1 million people would be expected to leave northern Gaza, adding that the same order applied to all UN staff and those sheltered in UN facilities, including schools, health centres and clinics.
shelters. tweeted on Friday that Gaza was “fast becoming a hell hole and is on the brink of collapse. There is no exception, all parties must uphold the laws of war.” Briefing newsmen in Geneva, the UN Children’s Fund spokesperson James Elder regretted that the humanitarian situation had now reached “lethal lows”.
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