'Let us remember that behind every statistic is a human story of loss & suffering.'

– Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian & Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza says that definitive & urgent steps are needed to ensure a sustained flow of humanitarian aid.

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A new mechanism for getting lifesaving aid into Gaza will start in the coming days, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator Sigrid Kaag announced in a briefing to the Security Council.
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Since the start of the conflict in Gaza, 180 UNRWA staff and at least 400 people seeking UN protection have been killed. Briefing journalists in New York, Philippe Lazzarini underscored the importance of accountability.
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'The food situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with 1.1 million people in IPC5 . The only way to avert famine is a steady and constant flow of food supply'.

Watch📺 Abeer Etefa, Senior Spokeswoman for World Food Programme, addressing the European Parliament on the famine & starvation situation in #Gaza .

Yesterday, UNRWA & UNICEF jointly undertook a high-risk mission to North #Gaza to provide life-saving medical & water-purification aid to people in Jabalia.

UNRWA is the backbone of the humanitarian effort, bringing life-saving assistance to people across the #Gaza Strip

🚨 200 days.

Half the population of #Gaza is starving.

World Food Programme is providing desperately needed food to more than a million people each month and working to get collapsed food systems up and running.

📣 But this is a drop in the ocean of needs, A humanitarian ceasefire is needed!

The UN Human Rights Office urges all States to act to halt crisis in #Gaza and #WestBank , as well as the wider risk of escalation. Resolving the catastrophic situation of civilians must remain a priority.

'We have always stressed that we are in a man-made situation & it can only be addressed by political will & decisions'

As more trucks enter📍 #Gaza , Philippe Lazzarini says 'it needs now to be sustained & further increased' to avert famine in the north Reuters
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In northern #Gaza , 4 bakeries reopened because of critical World Food Programme support.

But this is a drop in the ocean - and Israeli Authorities continue to prevent UNRWA’s food convoys from reaching the north.

We need safe & unimpeded access. Food supplies are a matter of life & death.

Intensive Israeli strikes in Gaza are ‘beyond warfare’ says Volker Türk, UN human rights chief

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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk deplores Israeli strikes on #Gaza , where every 10 minutes a child is killed or wounded.

Full-scale Israeli incursion on Rafah would risk more deaths & injuries, further breaching international humanitarian & human rights law.

UN Special Rapporteur on #Health Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng:

'The health system in #Gaza has been completely obliterated and the right to health has been decimated at every level.'

#Gaza :
⚠️ Airstrikes on Rafah heighten concerns of a military escalation.

⚠️ Maternal care provided in only 3 hospitals while around 180 women give birth every day.

⚠️ 4 bakeries in the north resumed operations after over 170 days but still a drop in the bucket.

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Explosions cannot be reversed in real life.

Join us in calling on governments to #ProtectChildrenInConflict and end the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

I welcome the findings & recommendations of the independent review led by Catherine Colonna of the UNRWA adherence to the humanitarian principle of neutrality.

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini welcomed the independent review group report on the agency, released today.

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A child is killed every 10 minutes in the📍 #GazaStrip

A deplorable number of children have also been injured amid intense and often indiscriminate attacks.

An immediate #Ceasefire is the last hope remaining.

.António Guterres accepts the recommendations contained in Ms. Catherine Colonna’s report. On Saturday she submitted to him her Final Report as Chair of the Independent Review Group on UNRWA .

Full statement 👇👇
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'There are close to a million and a half people that have been displaced, most of them multiple times'

Scott Anderson tells BBC News (UK) of the 'aura of fear' among the displaced population in #Rafah southern 📍 #Gaza , as people are anxious of a large scale military operation.

' #Children in the State of #Palestine have been caught in a tragic and vicious cycle of violence for too long. This is a war disproportionately affecting children.'

Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director