This happened for hours, in the presence of Israeli forces who didn't intervene.
This flies in the face of the @CIJ_ICJ, that issued provisional measures to force Israel to enable humanitarian assistance.
For first time ever, @antonioguterres invokes Article 99 of UN Charter, urging Security Council to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
Appealing for humanitarian ceasefire, he says civilian population must be spared from further harm. https://t.co/vOFMPASWkQ
Another wave of displacement is underway in #Gaza - the situation is getting worse each minute.
There is no “safe” zone, the entire #GazaStrip has become one of the most dangerous places in the world.
There is nowhere to go as shelters, including @UNRWA, are overflowing.
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Shock & terror in Gaza as bombardment of shattered enclave resumes. UN humanitarians vowed to stay & help all those in need.
"The supplies are just not enough" - @WHO
"It's an ongoing war on children. Is humanity giving up?" - @1james_elder@UNICEF
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Almaza, 2009.
Yasser, 2012.
Malak, 2015.
Bara, 2021.
Remas, 2023.
Listen to the voices of children in Gaza over five escalations of hostilities.
To protect children from more killing, more injuries, more trauma, they need a lasting ceasefire now.
"In #Gaza this week, I visited a hospital in Khan Yunis where children & civilians shelter, while doctors and UNICEF staff work to save and sustain lives, including babies on ventilators. I was affected to my core.
1M children are suffering unimaginable horror. Over 4,700 children reported killed.
We need a humanitarian ceasefire now. No more delay.” @TedChaiban
“Without fuel, newborn babies in incubators & patients on life support will die.
Water cannot be pumped or purified.
Raw sewage could soon start gushing onto the streets, further spreading disease.
Trucks loaded with critical relief will be stranded.“
- @antonioguterres#Gaza
Food is running out. Bakeries are inoperable.
Families like Norhan's, Anas', and Mohamad's in #Gaza are living in catastrophic conditions.
WFP is trying to scale up to reach over 1 million people with urgent food assistance.
But humanitarian access MUST be expanded.
I am deeply concerned about clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in the Middle East.
The protection of civilians must be paramount.
They are #NotATarget.
Nobody is above international humanitarian law.
Right now the📍#GazaStrip is experiencing a communications blackout
@UNRWA is not able to get through to the vast majority of our team
This is the third communications blackout over the past 10 days. Gazans are completely cut off from their loved ones and the rest of the world
"We are dying by the minute...this is genocide."
Irish citizen Zak Hania, who's in besieged Gaza City with his wife and four Dublin-born children, makes an emotional appeal to the Irish government to intervene in the conflict.
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Unrelenting attacks have taken a devastating toll on Gaza's children.
UNICEF is calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access throughout Gaza.