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UN urges renewed ceasefire and immediate humanitarian access after strikes in Gaza; UNIFIL reports strikes near Blue Line
Summary
At a Geneva press briefing, the United Nations called for the ceasefire to be respected and for humanitarian access to resume after reported Israeli air strikes in Gaza. UN agencies reported evacuations affecting clinics and shelters; UNIFIL observed air activity north of the Blue Line in Lebanon.
The United Nations on March 14 urged parties to restore a ceasefire and immediately resume unimpeded humanitarian assistance to Gaza after what the secretary-general described as "reports of hundreds of people" killed in recent air strikes.
At a press briefing in Geneva, the secretary-general said the talks he convened on Cyprus were held in a constructive atmosphere but stressed separately that the situation in Gaza was "intolerable" and called for the unconditional release of remaining hostages and renewed humanitarian access.
Under-Secretary-General and emergency relief coordinator Tom Fletcher told the Security Council and journalists that gains made during a recent ceasefire are being reversed. "This total blockade of life-saving aid, basic commodities, and commercial goods will have a disastrous impact on the people in Gaza who remain dependent on a steady flow of…
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