Guterres: The humanitarian situation in northern Gaza is inexcusable

According to Isna, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today (Sunday) was shocked by the terrible level of casualties, injuries and destruction in the Gaza Strip due to the attacks of the Zionist regime on the authorities of this regime due to the continued prevention of the delivery of humanitarian aid to this region. criticized

Anatolia News agency reported that Guterres warned that the conditions of the civilians trapped in this area due to the operations of the occupying army in northern Gaza are unjustified.

Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, said in a statement that Guterres highlighted the critical situation in Jabalia, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, where civilians are trapped in the rubble without access to medical aid, food or shelter. And he stated that the authorities of the Zionist regime continue to prevent the delivery of humanitarian aid with “few exceptions”.

In particular, the statement also expressed concern about the postponement of universal polio vaccination, which, according to the statement, would put thousands of lives at risk.

Dujarric said in the statement that the postponement of this vaccination campaign is particularly worrying, as it puts the lives of thousands of children at risk.

Guterres, stressing that this war is being waged “with minimal regard for international human rights laws”, called for an immediate ceasefire, the unconditional release of all prisoners and “accountability in the name of humanity”.

The Secretary General of the United Nations also stressed the urgent need to protect the relief forces and human rights in this region, whose vital activity should be facilitated and protected.

The Zionist regime’s indiscriminate attacks on the Gaza Strip with the alleged aim of “destroying Hamas” have been continuing since October 7, 2023. In these attacks, civilian facilities and infrastructures, including hospitals, mosques, churches, residential buildings, refugee camps, schools, and humanitarian and relief organizations affiliated to the United Nations, have also been attacked in violation of the international laws of war.

85% of the population of Gaza have been displaced in a situation where Gaza is facing a severe shortage of food, medicine and medical equipment and clean water due to being under the human blockade of the Zionist regime and the process of delivering humanitarian aid due to the transformation of important border crossings into war zones and The obstructions of the Zionist army and the settlers are being done slowly. Concerns about a humanitarian catastrophe, including an ongoing famine in Gaza, have increased through November.

More than 60% of Gaza’s vital infrastructures have been destroyed as a result of these attacks, and the displaced people are unable to return to their homes due to the complete destruction of their homes. According to the UN report, it will take about 14 years to clear the rubble of Gaza in the post-war era.

More than 42,000 people of Gaza have been martyred during the attacks of the Zionist regime, most of whom are children and women.

The negotiations for a ceasefire agreement and the exchange of prisoners in this war, which were held during 2 rounds in Doha and with the mediation of the United States, Qatar and Egypt, between the Hamas movement and the Zionist regime, were due to the Zionist regime not responding to the proposals of the mediators and setting some new conditions in this Negotiations, including taking control of the important Philadelphia crossing on the borders of Egypt and the Gaza Strip and controlling the movement of Palestinian citizens in the north of the Gaza Strip, have remained inconclusive.

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