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STORY: UN / GAZA OPT UPDATE
TRT: 5:36
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 09 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
09 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“It is clear that our warnings that the Gaza Strip could be sliding into an even deeper catastrophe are now materializing. As military operations in Gaza city escalate further, the international community still can, and must, act decisively to prevent further suffering. Over the past 48 hours, the Israeli military has struck high-rise buildings, with more families losing their homes or tents. And, as you have seen, the Israeli authorities today ordered everyone in Gaza City to move south. All of this is happening just over two weeks since famine was confirmed in the Gaza governorate. OCHA reminds us that leaving the north is simply impossible for many people. As we have told you, transportation can cost over $1,000, the coastal road that people would take is barely passable, and displacement sites in the south are beyond overcrowded, as we have been describing. Most people have already been displaced countless times. They are exhausted, they are out of money and they are hungry.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Overall, displacements across the Gaza Strip have now reached 110,000 since mid-August, including many within the north. Throughout Gaza, people are living out in the open, in makeshift shelters patched together from worn tarpaulins. A fresh supply of tents has only just begun to trickle into Gaza, after months of being blocked by the Israeli authorities. With ongoing impediments – including Israeli requirements related to NGO registration and custom clearances, as well as delays in securing collection from the Kerem Shalom/ Karem Abu Salem crossing – quantities remain nowhere near sufficient to meet people’s growing needs.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Today, the UN Satellite Centre published a preliminary analysis that identified 1,500 displaced people who live in tents along the shore as being at high risk in the event of high tides or just storm surges. The analysis focused on a small area west of Al Rashid Road; that's the coastal road where a very high density of tents has been observed in an area known to be flood-prone. OCHA says that the coastline is already crammed with makeshift shelters, forcing newly displaced families to sleep dangerously close to the water’s edge. Our humanitarian colleagues estimate that many people will remain in Gaza City even after today’s order and amid further escalation in hostilities. For this reason, humanitarian organizations will need sustained safe access to all parts of Gaza, including the north, regardless of displacement orders or the labelling of some areas by the Israeli authorities as either ‘humanitarian’ or ‘dangerous.’ Safety is not guaranteed anywhere across the Gaza Strip. OCHA reminds us that civilians must be protected, wherever they are. Humanitarian operations continue to be hindered by the intensified Israeli offensive. Over the past two days, colleagues providing protection services in Gaza City, including to children, have had to suspend operations because premises they were using were in close proximity to buildings that came under attack. Meanwhile, our partners are present along the main north-south displacement route, where they have been supporting separated families and unaccompanied minors, offering psychosocial support, distributing high-energy biscuits and raising awareness of the risks that people could face in the south.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to the West Bank, our OCHA colleagues remind us that the situation there remains tense. Following yesterday’s terror attack in Jerusalem that killed six Israelis, Israeli forces imposed extensive movement restrictions across Jerusalem, Ramallah, and other parts of the West Bank. New checkpoints were installed, and existing ones had stepped up checks, leaving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians trapped for hours and further isolating entire communities. Specifically, the Biddu enclave, which is home to some 40,000 Palestinians, was completely sealed off.”
10. Wide shot, press briefing room
06 SEPTEMBER 2025, GAZA CITY
11. Various shots, displaced people’s tents crowded along the coastal strip of Gaza City in the northern part of the Gaza Strip
12. Various shots, cars and trucks loaded with the belongings of displaced residents from the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City
07 SEPTEMBER 2025, GAZA CITY
13. Wide shot, moments before the targeting of the residential building known as Al-Ru’ya Tower in western Gaza City
14. Wide shot, Israeli airstrike hitting the building and reducing it to rubble while a Palestinian girl passing by on the street is overwhelmed by fear and panic
15. Wide shot, different angle capturing the moment the building was struck
16. Various shots, building after its complete destruction, with residents searching through the debris for what remains
A UN spokesperson said, “it is clear that our warnings that the Gaza Strip could be sliding into an even deeper catastrophe are now materializing. As military operations in Gaza city escalate further, the international community still can, and must, act decisively to prevent further suffering.”
Speaking to reporters today (09 Sep) in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said, “Over the past 48 hours, the Israeli military has struck high-rise buildings, with more families losing their homes or tents.,” adding that “the Israeli authorities today ordered everyone in Gaza City to move south.”
“All of this is happening just over two weeks since famine was confirmed in the Gaza governorate,” Dujarric added.
The UN office for humanitarian affairs (OCHA) reminded that “leaving the north is simply impossible for many people,” highlighting “transportation can cost over $1,000, the coastal road that people would take is barely passable, and displacement sites in the south are beyond overcrowded,” the Spokesperson said.
Dujarric stressed, “Most people have already been displaced countless times. They are exhausted, they are out of money and they are hungry.”
Today and yesterday, UN colleagues tracking displacement trends recorded 9,400 movements from northern to southern Gaza, bringing the number recorded movements since mid-August to nearly 62,000 as of 2:00 p.m. local time.
“Overall, displacements across the Gaza Strip have now reached 110,000 since mid-August, including many within the north,” Dujarric told reporters.
He continued, “Throughout Gaza, people are living out in the open, in makeshift shelters patched together from worn tarpaulins. A fresh supply of tents has only just begun to trickle into Gaza, after months of being blocked by the Israeli authorities.”
“With ongoing impediments – including Israeli requirements related to NGO registration and custom clearances, as well as delays in securing collection from the Kerem Shalom/ Karem Abu Salem crossing – quantities remain nowhere near sufficient to meet people’s growing needs,” the UN Spokesperson stressed.
Today, the UN Satellite Centre published a preliminary analysis that identified 1,500 displaced people who live in tents along the shore as being at high risk in the event of high tides or just storm surges. The analysis focused on a small area west of Al Rashid Road; that's the coastal road where a very high density of tents has been observed in an area known to be flood-prone.
“OCHA says that the coastline is already crammed with makeshift shelters, forcing newly displaced families to sleep dangerously close to the water’s edge,” Dujarric added.
He added, “Our humanitarian colleagues estimate that many people will remain in Gaza City even after today’s order and amid further escalation in hostilities,” reiterating that for this reason, “humanitarian organizations will need sustained safe access to all parts of Gaza, including the north, regardless of displacement orders or the labelling of some areas by the Israeli authorities as either ‘humanitarian’ or ‘dangerous.’”
“Safety is not guaranteed anywhere across the Gaza Strip. OCHA reminds us that civilians must be protected, wherever they are,” the UN Spokesperson said.
Dujarric added that humanitarian operations continue to be hindered by the intensified Israeli offensive.
“Over the past two days, colleagues providing protection services in Gaza City, including to children, have had to suspend operations because premises they were using were in close proximity to buildings that came under attack,” he said.
The Spokesperson also said that meanwhile, UN partners are present along the main north-south displacement route, “where they have been supporting separated families and unaccompanied minors, offering psychosocial support, distributing high-energy biscuits and raising awareness of the risks that people could face in the south.”
Turning to the West Bank, Dujarric said that the situation there “remains tense.”
“Following yesterday’s terror attack in Jerusalem that killed six Israelis, Israeli forces imposed extensive movement restrictions across Jerusalem, Ramallah, and other parts of the West Bank. New checkpoints were installed, and existing ones had stepped up checks, leaving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians trapped for hours and further isolating entire communities. Specifically, the Biddu enclave, which is home to some 40,000 Palestinians, was completely sealed off.” He told reporters.
