AhlulBayt News Agency: Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said that the situation in Rafah City is becoming “increasingly desperate and dangerous for the already besieged population.”
Briefing the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East, Wennesland said, “Since the first week of May, the security situation in Rafah has rapidly worsened as the IDF operations and military maneuvers in and around the city have intensified.”
“Since operations began, more than 800,000 people have been displaced from Rafah to Mawasi, Khan Yunis and Deir al Balah amid daily IDF airstrikes in Rafah, killing dozens of Palestinians.”
I am deeply concerned that the current trajectory – including the possibility of a larger-scale operation – will further undermine efforts to scale up the entry of humanitarian goods and their safe distribution to desperate civilians, he told the Security Council.
He further stressed that “more aid is needed to meet the enormous scale of the needs in Gaza and there is no substitute for the full and increased operation of existing land crossings.”
The death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 35,562 martyrs and the number of wounded surged to 79,652 people.
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Briefing the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East, Wennesland said, “Since the first week of May, the security situation in Rafah has rapidly worsened as the IDF operations and military maneuvers in and around the city have intensified.”
“Since operations began, more than 800,000 people have been displaced from Rafah to Mawasi, Khan Yunis and Deir al Balah amid daily IDF airstrikes in Rafah, killing dozens of Palestinians.”
I am deeply concerned that the current trajectory – including the possibility of a larger-scale operation – will further undermine efforts to scale up the entry of humanitarian goods and their safe distribution to desperate civilians, he told the Security Council.
He further stressed that “more aid is needed to meet the enormous scale of the needs in Gaza and there is no substitute for the full and increased operation of existing land crossings.”
The death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 35,562 martyrs and the number of wounded surged to 79,652 people.
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