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UN Halts Humanitarian Operations in Gaza Following Israeli Evacuation Orders

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The United Nations has paused its aid operations in Gaza due to Israel's new evacuation orders for the central Gaza Strip, specifically Deir el-Balah. The repeated evacuation orders have disrupted the UN's aid efforts, forcing the organization to halt its operations. The UN had planned to begin a vaccination campaign for approximately 640,000 children in Gaza on Saturday, but this has been put on hold. The Israeli military claims that the evacuation orders were necessary to target "terror operatives" and dismantle the remaining terrorist infrastructure of Hamas in the area. However, the UN official notes that the evacuation orders have made it impossible for staff to operate in central areas, highlighting the challenges faced by aid organizations in the region.

  1. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
    1. The severe overcrowding, with a density of 30,000 to 34,000 individuals per square kilometre, has exacerbated the dire shortage of essential resources such as water, sanitation and hygiene supplies, health services, protection and shelter.
  2. FR
    Stephane Dujarric
    United Nations
    1. So if they are there and they're able to help, they will help and will distribute. [But] we [other UN agencies] are not able to move people from point A to point B. We're not able to go find people.
    2. These evacuation orders … make our work nearly impossible.
    3. What we're talking about is UNRWA being embedded in places.
    4. WFP's operations are severely hampered by intensifying conflict, the limited number of border crossings and damaged roads. In the last two months, amid continuing catastrophic hunger, WFP has had to reduce the contents of food parcels in Gaza as inflows of aid dipped and supplies dwindled.
  3. GB
    Sam Rose
    UN Relief and Works Agency
    1. We are being squeezed into ever smaller areas of Gaza.
  4. GB
    Juliette Touma
    UN Relief and Works Agency
    1. UNRWA continues to deliver humanitarian assistance wherever possible in Gaza.
  5. US
    Jonathan Crickx
    United Nations
    1. It's absolutely critical that this vaccination campaign is executed in a few days – between five to seven days is what we are asking for.
    2. One thing for sure is that it's almost impossible to lead a polio vaccination campaign at scale in an active combat zone.
  6. BR
    Gabriel Elizondo
    Al Jazeera
    1. This [halt of aid] is temporary, … but as of right now due to practical measures, they cannot do it.
    2. The top official said they are pushing the limits of their own risk assessment. The official said they have 90 staff who have been moved to safety houses in al-Mawasi. … Their 140 international staff are scrambling to find houses. … Some are having to sleep in their cars.
  7. PS
    Hind Khoudary
    Al Jazeera
    1. Everyone is in a state of panic and frustration. We are talking about more than a million people in the middle area and those who were squeezed into Deir el-Balah.
  8. PS
    Rasim Al-Attab
    1. On the street! Imagine. I'm with my six kids on the streets.
    2. People want to live a normal life. People are looking for money, and instead, they die on the streets.
    3. We were displaced four times – from northern Gaza, from Khan Younis, from Deir el-Balah. Nobody's taking care of us.

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sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.CNA News
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.CNN
  5. 5.Daily Sabah
  6. 6.The New York Times
  7. 7.The Guardian
  8. 8.Agence France-Presse
  9. 9.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US under Donald Trump
  3. 3.2024 US Presidential Election
  4. 4.Israel-Palestine Conflict
  5. 5.British Foreign Policy
  6. 6.Israel Foreign Policy
  7. 7.Islamic Terrorism
  8. 8.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
  9. 9.Israel-US Relations
  10. 10.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
  11. 11.Qatar Foreign Policy

countries

  1. 1.IsraelIL
  2. 2.Palestine, State ofPS

organizations

  1. 1.United Nations
  2. 2.UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  3. 3.World Health Organization
  4. 4.HamasPS
  5. 5.Israel Defense ForcesIL
  6. 6.Palestinian Health MinistryPS
  7. 7.Coordinator of Government Activities in the TerritoriesIL
  8. 8.Gaza Health MinistryPS
  9. 9.United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
  10. 10.UN Relief and Works Agency
  11. 11.UN World Food Program

persons

  1. 1.Juliette ToumaGB
  2. 2.Sam RoseGB
  3. 3.Stephane DujarricFR
  4. 4.Gabriel ElizondoBR
  5. 5.Hiba Yazbek
  6. 6.Hind KhoudaryPS
  7. 7.Jonathan CrickxUS
  8. 8.Rasim Al-AttabPS

technicals

  1. 1.Deir al-Balah
  2. 2.West Bank
UN Halts Humanitarian Operations in Gaza Following Israeli Evacuation Orders