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UN / GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE

A UN spokesperson updated reporters on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying, “our humanitarian colleagues report that over 120,000 people have been internally displaced in Gaza, due to concerns over their protection and the destruction of homes.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 09 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

09 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to Gaza. Our humanitarian colleagues report that over 120,000 people have been internally displaced in Gaza, due to concerns over their protection and the destruction of homes. You heard the Secretary-General on what we are seeing already in Gaza. Six health care workers have also been killed and four others were injured, with seven health care facilities and nine ambulances damaged.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In Gaza, damage to water, sanitation and hygiene facilitates has undermined services to more than 400,000 people. The Gaza Power Plant is now the only source of electricity and could run out of fuel within days.”
6. Med shot, journalist
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Also, as of today, the World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing food for up to 100,000 internally displaced Gazans who are seeking refuge in UNRWA shelters with fresh bread and canned food. In the next few days, WFP plans on starting to roll out assistance to up to 800,000 people with food and cash assistance as the situation develops, provided the necessary funding is made available.”
8. Med shot, journalists
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“For its part, UNRWA [UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees] says they are sheltering about 137,000 people in 83 of its schools in all areas of the Gaza Strip. An UNRWA school sheltering displaced families in the Gaza Strip was directly hit over the weekend. The school was severely damaged and was housing about 225 people, though no casualties were recorded among the displaced, but the school sustained significant structural damage.”
10. Med shot, journalists
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We are extremely concerned about a level of tension that we have not seen before, a level of violence that we have not seen before and a risk of spillover that we have not seen before in the recent past.”
12. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium

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A UN spokesperson updated reporters on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying, “our humanitarian colleagues report that over 120,000 people have been internally displaced in Gaza, due to concerns over their protection and the destruction of homes.”

Briefing journalists today (09 Oct) in New York, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, said, “Six health care workers have also been killed and four others were injured, with seven health care facilities and nine ambulances damaged.”

He added, “In Gaza, damage to water, sanitation and hygiene facilitates has undermined services to more than 400,000 people. The Gaza Power Plant is now the only source of electricity and could run out of fuel within days.”

According to him, the World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing food for “up to 100,000 internally displaced Gazans who are seeking refuge in UNRWA shelters with fresh bread and canned food.”

Dujarric continued, “In the next few days, WFP plans on starting to roll out assistance to up to 800,000 people with food and cash assistance as the situation develops, provided the necessary funding is made available.”

He also noted that UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported they are “sheltering about 137,000 people in 83 of its schools in all areas of the Gaza Strip”.

The spokesperson said, “An UNRWA school sheltering displaced families in the Gaza Strip was directly hit over the weekend. The school was severely damaged and was housing about 225 people, though no casualties were recorded among the displaced, but the school sustained significant structural damage.

Answering a reporter’s question about the situation, Dujarric said, “We are extremely concerned about a level of tension that we have not seen before, a level of violence that we have not seen before and a risk of spillover that we have not seen before in the recent past.”

UNRWA has 13,000 national and international staff (about 300) in Gaza, and nearly 4,000 in the West Bank.

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