PALESTINE
Thu 26 Oct 2023 12:12 pm - Jerusalem Time
UN Palestinian Coordinator : “No place is safe in Gaza”
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the Palestinian Territories, Lynn Hastings, warned on Thursday that “no place is safe in Gaza,” due to the focused Israeli bombing of the Strip since October 7.
Hastings confirmed in a press statement published by Agence France-Presse that the advance warnings given by the Israeli army to citizens to evacuate the areas it intends to target in the northern Gaza Strip “do not make any difference,” adding that “there is no safe place in Gaza.”
She said: "When evacuation routes are bombed, when people in the north as well as in the south are exposed to hostilities, when the basic requirements for continuity are not available, and when there is no guarantee of return, people are left with nothing but impossible options."
Hastings added that armed conflicts, wherever they are, are governed by international humanitarian law, which means that civilians must be protected and have the basic components to survive wherever they are, whether they choose to move or stay.
In non-final statistics, the Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip has risen to more than 7,000 martyrs and more than 18,000 injured since October 7.
The Gaza Strip has been subjected to a stifling siege since 2007, but the Israeli occupation government has tightened the siege on the Strip since the start of the aggression twenty days ago, to include cutting off electricity and water, and preventing the entry of basic materials and fuel.
Oxfam said in a report that Israel is using the starvation policy as a weapon of war against civilians in Gaza, and renewed its call to allow food, water, fuel and other necessities to enter the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to continuous aggression since October 7. The current one.
International humanitarian law strictly prohibits the use of starvation as a tool of war, and as the occupying power in Gaza, Israel is obligated under international humanitarian law to provide for the needs and protection of the people of Gaza.
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UN Palestinian Coordinator : “No place is safe in Gaza”