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UN speaker urges consolidation of Gaza ceasefire, warns of dire humanitarian and reconstruction needs
Summary
Ramiz Alakbayov told the Security Council the ceasefire in Gaza "has largely held" but recent strikes and sporadic attacks risk its collapse; he detailed urgent humanitarian shortfalls, an RDNA reconstruction estimate of about $53 billion, and called for expanded crossings and immediate repairs to water and health infrastructure.
Ramiz Alakbayov, Representative, told the United Nations Security Council that the ceasefire in Gaza "has largely held," but warned that recent strikes and sporadic attacks threaten the fragile pause and that parties must "exercise restraint and fulfill their commitments under the agreement."
Alakbayov said the pause has allowed a scale-up of aid but that enormous humanitarian gaps remain. He gave figures intended to convey the scale of the crisis: "The two years of fighting have left almost 80% of Gaza's 250,000 buildings damaged or destroyed," and "Over 1,700,000 people remain displaced," many living in overcrowded shelters without adequate water, medical care, or food.
He described immediate…
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