nternational Desk News :: The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees told a U.N. emergency meeting Monday (30 October) \u201can immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions,\u201d accusing Israel of \u201ccollective punishment\u201d of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians.<\/p>\n
Philippe Lazzarini warned that a further breakdown of civil order following the looting of the agency\u2019s warehouses by Palestinians searching for food and other aid \u201cwill make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the largest U.N. agency in Gaza to continue operating.\u201d
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Briefings to the Security Council by Lazzarini, the head of the U.N. children\u2019s agency UNICEF and a senior U.N. humanitarian official painted a dire picture of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza 23 days after Hamas\u2019 surprise Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, and its ongoing retaliatory military action aimed at \u201cobliterating\u201d the militant group, which controls Gaza.<\/p>\n
According to the latest figures from Gaza\u2019s Ministry of Health, more than 8,300 people have been killed \u2013 66% of them women and children \u2013 and tens of thousands injured, the U.N. humanitarian office said.<\/p>\n
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell that toll includes over 3,400 children killed and more than 6,300 injured. \u201cThis means that more than 420 children are being killed or injured in Gaza each day \u2013 a number which should shake each of us to our core,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The commissioner-general of the U.N. agency known as UNRWA said there is no safe place anywhere in Gaza, warning that basic services are crumbling, medicine, food, water and fuel are running out, and the streets \u201chave started overflowing with sewage, which will cause a massive health hazard very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
UNICEF oversees water and sanitation issues for the U.N., and Russell warned that \u201cthe lack of clean water and safe sanitation is on the verge of becoming a catastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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