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STORY: UNRWA / GAZA LAZZARINI
TRT: 01:17
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 OCTOBER 2023, AMMAN, JORDAN / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
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13 OCTOBER 2023, AMMAN, JORDAN
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“The call of the Israeli forces to move more than 1 million civilians living in northern Gaza within 24 hours is horrendous. This would only lead to an unprecedented level of misery and further push people to get into an abyss. The scale and speed of the unfolding humanitarian crisis is bone-chilling. Gaza is fast becoming a hellhole and is on the brink of collapse. There is no exception. All parties must uphold the laws of war; humanitarian assistance must be provided at all times to civilians. We have today in Gaza, more than 2 million people caught up in this conflict. And we as UNRWA are struggling to fulfil our mandate. I urge all parties, and all those with influence over them, to put an end to this tragedy, and provide immediate and unconditional humanitarian access and protection to the civilians and among them, far, far too many women and children. The time for humanity to prevail is now.”
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
3. Wide shot, UN flag
The Head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, today (13 Oct) said, “the call of the Israeli forces to move more than 1 million civilians living in northern Gaza within 24 hours is horrendous” and will lead to “an unprecedented level of misery.”
Lazzarini said, “the scale and speed of the unfolding humanitarian crisis is bone-chilling. Gaza is fast becoming a hellhole and is on the brink of collapse. There is no exception. All parties must uphold the laws of war; humanitarian assistance must be provided at all times to civilians.”
He said, more than 2 million people are “caught up in this conflict” and UNRWA is “struggling” to fulfil its mandate.
He urged all parties, “and all those with influence over them, to put an end to this tragedy, and provide immediate and unconditional humanitarian access and protection to the civilians and among them, far, far too many women and children.”
To conclude, he said, “the time for humanity to prevail is now.”
The UN team in Palestine called on the Israeli Government to rescind its announcement for UN agencies and Palestinians to ‘relocate to southern Gaza immediately’ without any guarantee for their safety or their return.
This measure comes on the heels of 1,800 Palestinians being killed by Israeli airstrikes, the destruction of infrastructure, and a full siege that has deprived civilians of electricity, food, fuel, and clean water.
UN agencies have transferred staff and operations to the southern part of the Strip to ensure that the delivery of humanitarian assistance can continue.
