November 6, 2024
Cited article by UN News
HRRC strongly condemns the ongoing war and genocide in Gaza and, yet again, calls for an immediate ceasefire with humanitarian response.
News Brief
Since the war began in October 2023, more than 43,000 Palestinians have been killed and 100,000 injured, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. United Nations (UN) data shows that more than 1.9 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes.
Muhannad Hadi, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, called for an end to the war in Gaza during his first visit to the area since Israel launched its latest military operation in the north a month ago. “This is not a place for humans to survive,” Hadi said. He also stated that what he saw was “very different” from what he saw in northern Gaza just two months earlier. Many issues, including scarce food supply, pose a serious threat to the people living in the region. The heads of 15 UN and international humanitarian organizations affirmed that “the entire Palestinian population in North Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence.”