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UN: Gazahumanitarian space shrinking; urgent fuel deliveries, ceasefire called
Summary
At a U.N. press briefing, the U.N. spokesperson said repeated displacement orders, a near-total fuel blockade and attacks on aid operations are sharply constricting where civilians can remain in Gaza and are imperiling medical services and relief deliveries. The U.N. renewed calls for a ceasefire and for unconditional release of hostages.
The U.N. spokesperson said the humanitarian space in Gaza is rapidly shrinking as Israeli displacement orders, limited supplies and attacks on aid operations force civilians to flee and make assistance delivery increasingly risky.
The spokesperson said Israeli orders to relocate forced nearly 30,000 people to flee in one day and that, since mid-March when the ceasefire ended, more than 50 displacement orders have been issued that together now cover about 78% of the Gaza Strip. If Israeli-designated militarized zones are added, that figure rises to about 85%, leaving roughly 15% of the territory where civilians can remain, the spokesperson said.
The situation is compounded by what the spokesperson described as a near-complete fuel blockade: "With no fuel having entered Gaza in more than 17 weeks, the…
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