The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) on Friday expressed concern over the dire humanitarian scenario in Gaza on account of Israel’s over 15 months of genocidal warfare towards Palestinians, which has left at the least 1.9 million individuals homeless.
In an announcement, the UNRWA acknowledged that “at the least 1.9 million individuals have been displaced in Gaza as a result of warfare. Many of them have been pressured to reside in makeshift shelters, reminiscent of these within the Al-Mawasi space, in southwest Gaza.”
“Most homes are either completely destroyed or uninhabitable,” UNRWA said, emphasizing that “rebuilding infrastructure and lives and addressing the trauma will take years.”
The group additionally pressured that “as quickly because the cease-fire took impact, UNRWA groups have been working nonstop to begin distributing meals assist in northern Gaza.”
“Living among the many rubble left by months of intense bombardment, individuals are in dire want of this life-saving help,” it famous.
The UNRWA is crucial to delivering “humanitarian aid at this scale.”
The first six-week section of a Gaza cease-fire settlement took impact Jan. 19, suspending Israel’s genocidal warfare that has killed almost 47,300 Palestinians, largely ladies and youngsters, and injured almost 111,500 since Oct. 7, 2023.
The three-phase settlement features a prisoner trade and sustained calm, aiming for a everlasting truce and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins and its residents displaced, hungry and liable to illness.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants in November final 12 months for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for warfare crimes and crimes towards humanity in Gaza.
Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its warfare on the enclave.
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