Israel's ultimatum that over one million people in northern Gaza should relocate within 24 hours is "extremely dangerous" and "simply not possible", UN chief Antonio Guterres has said, asserting that "even wars have rules.바카라
The UN Secretary-General made those remarks before heading to a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.
Israel's ultimatum that over one million people in northern Gaza should relocate within 24 hours is "extremely dangerous" and "simply not possible", UN chief Antonio Guterres has said, asserting that "even wars have rules.바카라
UN officials in Gaza on Thursday were informed by their liaison officers in the Israeli military that the entire population of northern Gaza, approximately 1.1 million, should relocate to the southern part within the next 24 hours.
The same order applied to all UN staff and those sheltered in UN facilities 바카라 including schools, health centres and clinics.
바카라Moving more than one million people across a densely populated warzone to a place with no food, water, or accommodation, when the entire territory is under siege, is extremely dangerous 바카라 and in some cases, simply not possible,바카라 Guterres told reporters here on Friday.
The UN Secretary-General made those remarks before heading to a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.
He said that after days of airstrikes, the Israeli Defense Forces have ordered the Palestinians in Gaza and its surroundings to move to the south of the territory.
Voicing his deep concern, the UN chief said that the 바카라hospitals in the south of Gaza are already at capacity and will not be able to accept thousands of new patients from the north.바카라
The health system is also on the "brink of collapse바카라 and 바카라morgues are overflowing,바카라 he said.
Guterres said 11 healthcare staff have been killed while on duty and there have been 34 attacks on health facilities in the past few days.
Describing the situation in Gaza as reaching a 바카라dangerous new low,바카라 he said the entire territory faces a water crisis as infrastructure has been damaged and there is no electricity to power pumps and desalination plants.
Asserting that 바카라even wars have rules바카라, Guterres said there is an immediate need for humanitarian access throughout Gaza for the UN to "get fuel, food and water to everyone in need."
"International humanitarian law and human rights law must be respected and upheld; civilians must be protected and never used as shields. All hostages in Gaza must be released immediately,바카라 he said.
Guterres underscored that it is imperative that all parties 바카라 and those with influence over them 바카라 do everything possible to achieve these steps.
The "horrific terror attacks바카라 by Hamas on Israel killed more than 1,200 people and injured thousands more last Saturday. These were followed by intense bombardment of Gaza that has already killed 1,800 people, and injured thousands more, the UN chief said.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths described Israel바카라s ultimatum as a noose tightening around Gaza바카라s civilian population.
바카라The noose around the civilian population in Gaza is tightening. How are 1.1 million people supposed to move across a densely populated warzone in less than 24 hours? I shudder to think what the humanitarian consequences of the evacuation order would be,바카라 Griffiths said.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, told reporters on Friday that the UN considers it is "impossible" for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences.
"We strongly appeal for any such order to be rescinded. It could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation,바카라 he said.
Dujarric said the Secretary-General and his team have been 바카라working the phones바카라 and he is in constant contact with Israeli authorities, urging them to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.
바카라We need to ensure full support for opening humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip to prevent a further loss of civilian lives. It is vital that Israeli Authorities protect all civilians in UNRWA shelters including schools and protect all civilians, full stop," Dujarric said.
He said the UN facilities must be protected at all times and must never come under attack, in accordance with international humanitarian law.
UN agencies and human rights organisations voiced deep concern over Israel바카라s ultimatum, describing it as 바카라outrageous바카라.
The UN Country Team in Palestine called on the Israeli government to rescind its announcement for UN agencies and Palestinians to relocate to southern Gaza without any guarantee for their safety or their return.
바카라Palestinian civilians, including women and children, are terrified, injured, and traumatized. This will cause a humanitarian tragedy that can and must be averted,바카라 it said.
The agency said one million people cannot flee in a day and many were already displaced or do not have vehicles, and could not move while bombings continued.
바카라Mass displacement puts the lives of the sick and wounded in immediate danger and risks a public health disaster, at a time when the health system is on the brink of collapse; hospitals in the south of the Gaza Strip are at capacity and unable to accept new patients,바카라 it added.
The UN agency said international law means Israel needs to take precautionary measures in future attacks to limit the harm to civilians and civilian objects.
The World Health Organization joined the wider United Nations in appealing to Israel to immediately rescind orders for the evacuation of over 1 million people living north of Wadi Gaza.
바카라A mass evacuation would be disastrous바카라for patients, health workers and other civilians left behind or caught in the mass movement,바카라 the global health agency said. With ongoing airstrikes and closed borders, civilians have no safe place to go. Almost half of the population of Gaza is under 18 years of age, it said.
"With dwindling supplies of safe food, clean water, health services, and without adequate shelter, children and adults, including the elderly, will all be at heightened risk of disease,바카라 it said.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has informed WHO that it is impossible to evacuate vulnerable hospital patients without endangering their lives.
바카라Vulnerable patients include those who are critically injured or dependent on life support. Moving them amid hostilities puts their lives at immediate risk,바카라 WHO said.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the international medical humanitarian organisation, has around 300 people working with it as staff in Gaza and termed the Israeli government바카라s 24-hour notice as 바카라outrageous바카라.
바카라This represents an attack on medical care and on humanity. We are talking about more than a million human beings. 'Unprecedented' doesn바카라t even cover the medical humanitarian impact of this.
"Gaza is being flattened, thousands of people are dying. This must stop now. We condemn Israel바카라s demand in the strongest possible terms,바카라 MSF General Director Meinie Nicolai said.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) noted that since October 7, over 423,000 people have already been displaced. Of them, more than 270,000 have taken refuge in UNRWA shelters.
UN Women reports that Gaza is home to 50,000 pregnant women who are struggling to access essential health services as healthcare workers, hospitals and clinics come under attack. Some 5,500 of these women are due to give birth in the coming month.