Israel's mass displacement orders exacerbate Gaza humanitarian situation: UN
The United Nations warns that Israel’s repeated mass displacement orders keep exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the the Secretary-General António Guterres, said at a press conference on Tuesday that Israel has issued more than 55 evacuation orders covering more than 85% of the population of the Gaza Strip to date.
He said that “issuing mass evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip without ensuring safe places for the displaced exacerbates the already dire humanitarian situation of hundreds of thousands of people."
Dujarric said the repeated displacements lead to the separation of families from each other, and the erosion of social protection systems, especially for women and children.
Dujarric warned that the OCHA — the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs — had been unable to reach northern Gaza for 28 days.
He said Israeli forces continue to target aid convoys, which are being shot at, subjected to life-threatening conditions, and stopped or delayed for hours.
On August 30, Israeli forces fired a missile at the lead vehicle of an aid convoy in Gaza, killing four Palestinians. The convoy, organized by American Near East Refugee Aid, known as Anera, was delivering medical supplies and fuel to a hospital in Rafah.
Humanitarian groups have repeatedly come under attack by Israeli forces as they were providing desperately needed aid in Gaza. According to the United Nations, more than 280 humanitarian workers have been killed since Israel launched its genocidal war in Gaza on October 7, 2023.
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