The United Nations human rights physique warned Friday that Israel’s incessant assaults on Gazan infrastructure and chilly climate are making the Palestinian territory “completely uninhabitable.”
“I fear that many more civilians will die,” mentioned Ajith Sunghay, head of the U.N. Human Rights Office for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
“The continued attacks on specially protected facilities, such as hospitals, will kill civilians, and there will be a further, massive impact on access to health care, safety and security in general of Palestinians.”
Israel’s offensive has killed greater than 26,000 Palestinians, in keeping with Gaza well being authorities, with hundreds extra feared buried beneath rubble and a lot of the 2.3 million residents displaced, dealing with acute shortages of meals, water and medication.
Israel launched its struggle within the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas incursion that killed 1,140 folks and seized 240 hostages.
Sunghay mentioned his workplace was additionally involved concerning the impression of wet and chilly climate in Gaza.
“It was entirely predictable at this time of the year, and risks making an already unsanitary situation completely uninhabitable for the people,” he mentioned.
“Most have no warm clothes or blankets. Northern Gaza, where IDF (Israel Defense Forces) bombardment continues, is barely accessible, even to provide basic humanitarian aid.”
Sunghay mentioned it might be “disastrous” if the bombardment or the street-to-street combat going down in Khan Younis moved additional south to Rafah, the place some 1.3 million folks at the moment are massed within the city bordering Egypt in an try and evade the Israeli assault.
Source: www.dailysabah.com