“Pain is indescribable” on the anniversary of “odious” attacks, said The UN chief of the UN Tom Fletcher.
“I renew my call to the immediately unconditional release of all hostages-and until then, they must be treated with humanity,” he continued. “Civilians all over the world should be protected.”
Mr. Fletcher underlined the fact that since October 7, 2023, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed and “hundreds of thousands of people endure famine and displacement”.
Call the ceasefire and responsibility
Philippe Lazzarini, general commissioner of the United Nations Aid Agency for the Palestinians, UNRWAsaid the Gazans lived “two long years of destruction, movement, bombing, fear, death and hunger”. In a declaration Posted on XHe again called for the release of all Palestinian hostages and detainees, an immediate cease-fire and on the unhindered delivery of large-scale humanitarian supplies, including via UNRWA.
He also urged the responsibility of the atrocities committed on and after October 7, 2023, saying that there was “no other way to get out of this abyss and this chaos”.
October 7 Terror
More than 1,250 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed in Hamas terrorist attacks and other armed groups on October 7, 2023 and more than 250 others were taken hostage.
More than 66,000 Palestinians were subsequently killed in the war in Gaza, according to local health authorities.
In the midst of violence and air strikes, the United Nations humanitarian and health officials said on Tuesday that the children paid the heaviest price, with tens of thousands of people killed, mutilated or seriously ill -nourished, while the hospitals and the Gaza clinics go to the total collapse.
Death of unacceptable children: Unicef
Speaking Tuesday in Geneva, Ricardo worse from the United Nations Fund for the United Nations (Unicef) argued that Israel’s “disproportionate response” had left children suffering “in their too long body and mind”. He told journalists that 61,000 children have been killed or mutilated since October 2023 – a child every 17 minutes – and that many have been traumatized, orphans and moved several times, “an unacceptable and astounding figure”.
“They were exposed to diseases and violence on an unprecedented scale for Gaza,” he continued. “We have been refused authorization to bring incubators and fans to northern children. They desperately need to survive. We are talking about children sharing oxygen masks to stay alive. ”
UNICEF says that a baby in five in Gaza is now born prematurely, often mothers weakened by hunger and stress.
Referring to the peace plan put forward by American president Donald Trump, who was the subject of negotiations in Egypt for a second day, Mr. Pires welcomed “the plans of the American government which give an overview of hope to the region and to civilians and children in Gaza, that a better future is in advance”.
His words echoed those of the UN Secretary General António Guterres Who, in a statement on Monday, said that the recent proposal of the American president “presents an opportunity to this should be seized to put an end to this tragic conflict”.
The opportunity should not be lost, underlined the UN chief. “After two years of trauma, we have to choose hope-now,” he said.
Hospitals on the edge
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 14 of the 36 Gaza hospitals are still partially operational-none in the north of Gaza-and only 62 primary health care centers remain partially functional, against a total war of 176.
WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said that official figures have confirmed 400 deaths related to malnutrition since January 2025, including 101 children, including 80 under five. More than 10,000 children have received acute malnutrition diagnosis in the past two months, and around 2,400 seriously malnutric children are at risk of famine.
Addressing Geneva journalists, the WHO spokesperson warned that the real toll is probably much higher, because many families in overcrowded shelters cannot reach clinics or hospitals. “” The famine which was once confined to Gaza City now spreads south while people flee renewed fights ”, he explained.
A help always blocked and unpredictable
Of the United Nations Coordination Office (Ochha), the spokesman Jens Laerke added that since October 2023, more than 8,000 missions inside Gaza have required Israeli approval and that almost half had been refused, delayed or hampered. “Any help that penetrates is positive,” he said, “but there was not a single day when supplies have reached the required levels”.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
