UN humanitarians expressed deep concern on Friday for all civilians in the Gaza Strip following 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 were informed on Thursday by their liaison officers in the Israeli military that everyone living north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to southern Gaza within 24 hours.
Echoing that message, the UN World Health Organisation joined the call for Israel to rescind the relocation order, which amounted to a “death sentence” for many, WHO spokesperson, Tarik Jasarevic said. UN humanitarians joined their voices to these calls on Friday, urging the parties to save civilian lives.the noose around the civilian population in Gaza is tightening”, asking how such a huge number of people could possible move across a “densely populated warzone” in just 24 hours.
Briefing newsmen in Geneva, the UN Children’s Fund spokesperson James Elder regretted that the humanitarian situation had now reached “lethal lows”. He also insisted on the urgency of humanitarian access to Gaza, as all supplies were rapidly depleting.On Thursday, the UN launched a flash appeal for $294 million for 77 humanitarian partners to address the most urgent needs of 1.26 million people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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