NEW YORK, (PIC)
The UN has voiced concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, warning Israel against issuing more evacuation orders.
“Ordering civilians to evacuate does not keep them safe if they have no safe place to go and no shelter, food, medicine or water to survive,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Monday.
“On the ground, our OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) colleagues remain very concerned that areas north of Wadi Gaza that are increasingly being cut off, compounded by the issuance of evacuation orders for the vast areas there,” Dujarric said
“Southern Gaza is completely overwhelmed and cannot accommodate more people,” Dujarric pointed out.
“As of this morning, initial information indicates that more than 50,000 men, women and children have been displaced within northern Gaza, and some patients have left hospitals in the evacuation zone,” the UN spokesman added.
“Israeli authorities have allocated a single, unsafe road for aid workers to bring in supplies from the [Karam Abu Salem] crossing,” he said.
“Nevertheless, we and our partners continue to provide life-saving assistance wherever we can to Palestinians in Gaza. UNRWA says that since last October 7, it has provided more than 5.6 million medical consultations across Gaza. The agency has also reached nearly 1.9 million people with two rounds of flour over the past year, with nearly 367,000 people receiving three rounds of the distributions,” he underlined.
