Deaths of Gaza children ‘stain on all of humanity’: WHO chief
The World Health Organization’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, “The deaths and grievous injuries of thousands of children in Gaza will remain a stain on all of humanity.”
“This assault on present and future generations must end. The denial of basic needs – food, fuel, sanitation, shelter, security and healthcare – is inhumane and intolerable,” he said in a post on X.
The WHO chief also said that the Hamas October 7 attack “does not justify the horrific ongoing bombardment, siege and health system demolition by Israel in Gaza, killing, injuring and starving hundreds of thousands of civilians, including aid workers”.
It has been 6 months since the brutal attacks in #Israel by Hamas and other groups, in which 1,200 people were killed, many more injured and hundreds abducted. @WHO once again condemns this barbaric act of violence and demands the release of remaining hostages.
However, this… pic.twitter.com/4esDoUEt2F
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) April 7, 2024
Pregnant women in Gaza face ‘unimaginable stress’: UNFPA
The UN Population Fund says a healthy pregnancy in Gaza is no longer feasible. “155,000 pregnant women and new mothers there are living with unimaginable stress,” the agency says in a post on Instagram.
“They face the fear of death not only from air strikes, but from pregnancy or birth complications as life-saving maternal services have all but collapsed. Now, six months into the war, they also face famine,” it says.
“Pregnant women need a ceasefire now and unfettered access for aid so they can receive the food, health care, safety and security that they urgently need.”
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Israel’s war on Gaza crossed ‘all lines’: UNRWA’s Lazzarini
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), has said in a statement posted on X that “no words can do justice to the horrors that people in Gaza are living in since the war began six months ago”.
“This war broke all the superlatives with the highest number of children killed, aid workers, journalists and medical teams,” he said, slamming “unprecedented attacks” on hospitals as well as UN buildings in Israel’s “blatant disregard” of international humanitarian law.
“All lines – including the red lines – were crossed,” he added. “This war is made far worse through technologies misused by humans to harm other humans, en mass.” He also said that the situation was “made worse by the famine born from an Israeli-imposed siege”.
Lazzarini concluded by calling for all captives in Gaza to be released and a ceasefire to be implemented immediately. Israel must open more land crossings and lift all restrictions on the UNRWA without further delay, he said.
No words can do justice to the horrors that people in #Gaza are living in since the war began six months ago.
The lives of 2 million people were turned upside down, often overnight. Many lost the most precious: their loved ones. Everything is in short supply except for… pic.twitter.com/9wmPSPyKIv
— Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) April 7, 2024
