Abandoned corpses and starving people; UN description of the situation in Gaza

Fars News Agency International Group; “What we have witnessed since October 7 is a stain on our collective conscience. If we do not act, it will become a permanent stain on the forehead of our humanity… I once again call for urgent decisions to end the war in Gaza,” UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths addressed the members of the Security Council on Friday. The United Nations said.

He said the bodies left on the road, people with obvious signs of starvation stopping trucks in search of anything to survive, were “absolutely horrific scenes”. which his colleagues witnessed in the north of Gaza.

More than 23 thousand martyrs, two million and 300,000 displaced people, the destruction of most of the civilian infrastructure and the severe shortage of water, food and medicine are the consequences of the 98-day war of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza in a situation where the sending of humanitarian aid to the north of this region is limited and foreign aid practically does not reach the civilians.

The issue that Griffiths also confirmed in a sharp criticism and said that his team’s efforts to send humanitarian convoys to northern Gaza have been met with delays and denials, and the safety of aid workers has been compromised.

He described Gaza’s health care system as “collapsing”, saying women cannot give birth safely, children are not vaccinated, infectious diseases are on the rise. and people are looking for shelter in the courtyards of hospitals.

This UN official, referring to Israel’s forced displacement policies, said that the aerial bombardments in areas where civilians have been told to move for their safety have intensified and “nothing There is no safe place in Gaza and it is almost impossible to live with dignity”.

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