‘A pattern to silence voices who speak out against atrocities in Gaza’
The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has denounced Israel’s moves to stop facts from getting out of Gaza as much as possible, including by banning international media and killing journalists.
Philipphe Lazzarini was himself banned from entering Gaza, as were other senior United Nations leaders organising aid delivery to Palestinians.
“It’s our duty to speak out on the atrocities and any breaches of International humanitarian law,” he wrote in a post on X.
Excellent piece by @_jwhittall
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It’s become a pattern to silence voices who speak out against atrocities in #Gaza.
The Israeli Government continues to ban international media from getting in: it’s been over 660 days.
More than 220 Palestinian journalists have been killed.… https://t.co/gmNuYovFiO
— Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) August 3, 2025
Gaza city’s Zeitoun left ‘like tsunami hit’ after 45-day Israeli assault
The Zeitoun neighbourhood in northern Gaza lies in ruins following a 45-day Israeli military operation described by residents as the most destructive they’ve ever witnessed.
Entire residential blocks and infrastructure have been flattened, with locals comparing the devastation to the aftermath of a tsunami.
This marks the seventh Israeli incursion into the area, leaving families sifting through rubble to salvage belongings from bombed-out homes.
Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili reports from the Zeitoun neighbourhood in northern Gaza:
