UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday conveyed “extreme sorrow” and condemnation over the deaths of Palestinian civilians following Israel’s lethal assault on the Nuseirat refugee camp to free 4 hostages.
“Secretary-General expresses his extreme sorrow and his condemnation of the deaths of hundreds of Palestinian civilians and injuries to hundreds more that happened in the context of the operation,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric informed reporters throughout a news convention.
Citing info obtained from UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on the bottom, Dujarric stated hospitals within the area had been overflowing after Israel’s operation.
Reiterating the decision for all events to guard civilians, Dujarric stated that each lack of life is tragic.
Responding to Anadolu’s query on experiences of Israeli troopers getting into the camp with support vehicles in the course of the operation, Dujarric stated they didn’t have concrete info relating to these experiences.
He, nonetheless, emphasised that the independence of humanitarian operations and support staff have to be revered worldwide.
“We don’t.. surround ourselves by armed guards or the communities themselves. We very much hope that will continue,” he stated.
On Saturday, the Israeli military freed 4 hostages throughout a army operation within the Nuseirat refugee camp within the central Gaza Strip.
During the operation, at the very least 274 Palestinians had been killed and 700 others injured in a bombardment of the camp, based on the Gaza Health Ministry.
More than 37,100 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them ladies and youngsters, and almost 84,700 others injured, based on native well being authorities.
Eight months into the Israeli warfare, huge tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water, and drugs.
Source: www.anews.com.tr