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UN says Gaza faces 'risk of famine,' documents hospital attacks; rejects proposed aid modality as inconsistent with humanitarian principles
Summary
The United Nations told reporters that humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip have worsened sharply, that hospitals have been hit and that the UN cannot support a proposed aid distribution modality because it would make assistance conditional on political objectives.
The United Nations told reporters that humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip have worsened sharply and that UN agencies and partners are ready to deliver aid at scale once crossings reopen.
Farhan, the UN spokesperson, said that Tom Fletcher, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, told Security Council members that “Israel is deliberately unashamedly imposing inhumane conditions on civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory.” Farhan reported Fletcher’s warning that “every single 1 of the 2,100,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip face the risk of famine. 1 in 5 face starvation.”
The briefing said attacks have struck medical facilities. Farhan said a team from the World Health Organization was inside the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis when the facility was hit, and that the premises were struck again the next morning, reportedly causing additional casualties. The UN noted that…
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