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UN: Civilians in Gaza ‘not safe anywhere’ as humanitarian access shrinks and hospitals are destroyed
Summary
UN spokesperson said OCHA, UNRWA and WHO reports show widespread evacuation orders, severe restrictions on aid movement and the destruction of functioning hospitals, while thousands await medical evacuation and aid deliveries are impeded by insecurity at crossings.
The United Nations warned on Wednesday that civilians across the Gaza Strip are "not safe anywhere," citing new evacuation orders, severely restricted humanitarian movement and the destruction of hospitals that had been serving the wounded.
UN spokesperson Farhan summarized findings from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and the World Health Organization (WHO), saying recent Israeli evacuation orders cover about 3 square kilometers in northern Gaza and that "over 80% of the Gaza Strip is under unrevoked Israeli evacuation orders." He also relayed UNRWA's assessment that the destruction of the Kamal Adwan Hospital has left large areas of northern Gaza without functioning hospitals.
Why it matters: The UN said restrictions on movement and insecurity at crossings are sharply…
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