For the first time since the start of conflict between Israel and the military group Hamasa group of people managed leave the Gaza Strip going to Egyptthrough the Rafah border crossing. After an agreement brokered by Qatarthe evacuees were taken in ambulances without being intercepted by the Israeli Army.
As Israeli forces continued their attack on Hamas militants and they bombed again refugee camp in Gazaseveral foreigners and seriously injured people were able to get out and receive help.
In the midst of this situation, the humanitarian conditions in the Strip caused great concern around the world, as the food shortagefuel, drinking water and medicines.
Israel and Egypt They had agreed on a list of people with foreign passports who can leave Gaza, subject to prior agreement with the relevant embassies. Meanwhile, Egypt prepared a field hospital in Sheikh Zuwayed to assist them.
War in Gaza: what the UN said
In New York, Flippo Grandithe owner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)called on the Security Council to establish a “humanitarian ceasefire”.
“A humanitarian ceasefire can at least stop this death spiral and I hope they overcome their divisions and exercise your authority by asking for one. The world waits for you they do”Grandi remarked before the Council, which until now had shown itself incapable of approve one of the four resolutions presented in less than two weeks.
The head of the UNHCR, in statements to Agence France Press (AFP), lamented that “the disregard for the basic rules of war – international humanitarian law – is becoming more and more the norm and not in the exception.”
Grandi referred both to “attacks against Israeli civilians”as well as “the killing of Palestinian civilians and the massive destruction of infrastructure caused by the current Israeli military operation.”
For the official, “we must wait for the ceasefire becomes the first step towards a solution.” of a conflict that, he specified, was “repeatedly and deliberately neglected”.
Source: Ambito
