1000’s of displaced Palestinians have been staying within the camp in Khan Younis, and at the very least 19 folks have been killed, in response to newest media reviews.
‘Nowhere is secure in Gaza’
“Whereas the IDF mentioned it struck Hamas militants who have been working in a command-and-control centre embedded contained in the Humanitarian zone, I underline that worldwide humanitarian regulation, together with the rules of distinction, proportionality, and precautions in assault, have to be upheld always,” Tor Wennesland, UN Particular Coordinator for the Center East Peace Course of, mentioned in a statement.
He emphasised that civilians mustn’t ever be used as human shields.
“But once more, such actions solely underscore that nowhere is secure in Gaza,” he mentioned.
Finish the battle
The envoy repeated his name for all sides to right away attain an settlement that may convey concerning the launch of all hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza, including that the killing of civilians should cease, and the horrific battle should finish.
“In the end, solely a political path that outlines tangible, irreversible steps in direction of ending the occupation and establishing a two-State answer can put a sturdy finish to the struggling of Palestinians and Israelis,” he mentioned, noting that the UN stands able to assist all efforts in direction of this objective.
Polio convoy stopped
In the meantime, the UN company that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, reported that on Monday the Israeli military stopped a convoy heading to north Gaza to vaccinate kids towards polio and held it for greater than eight hours, regardless of prior detailed coordination.
UNRWA, the World Well being Group (WHO) and the UN Youngsters’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a three-part marketing campaign this month to guard greater than 600,000 younger kids within the enclave towards polio after the illness was detected in sewage samples in June.
The UN convoy carried nationwide and worldwide workers travelling to roll out the marketing campaign in Gaza Metropolis and northern Gaza, UNRWA Commissioner-Basic Philippe Lazzarini mentioned on Tuesday in a post on the social media platform X, previously Twitter.
Employees threatened, autos broken
The convoy was stopped at gun level simply after the Wadi Gaza checkpoint with threats to detain UN workers. Heavy injury was brought on by bulldozers to the UN armoured autos.
Mr. Lazzarini famous that whereas all workers and the convoy have been launched and again secure at base, he was uncertain whether or not the polio marketing campaign would have the ability to happen in northern Gaza on Tuesday.
“This vital incident is the most recent in a sequence of violations towards UN workers together with shootings at convoys and arrests by the Israeli Armed Forces at checkpoints regardless of prior notification,” he mentioned.
“UN Employees have to be allowed to undertake their duties in security and be protected always in accordance with worldwide humanitarian regulation. Gaza is not any completely different.”
Vaccinations underway
In a tweet in a while Tuesday, UNRWA despatched an replace that regardless of the convoy delay “our groups have been in a position to vaccinate hundreds of kids in north Gaza in the present day.”
“It is a race towards time”, the company added. “The unfold of polio is a really actual risk. Our colleagues proceed to do the unimaginable to succeed in each youngster underneath the age of 10 throughout the Gaza Strip.”
One convoy, two missions
The delayed convoy was composed of two missions, UN well being company WHO mentioned on Tuesday in Geneva.
One workforce was bringing gasoline and autos for the third section of the vaccination marketing campaign, whereas one other was making an attempt to convey desperately wanted gasoline to the embattled Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza Metropolis.
The enclave’s largest medical centre reopened its emergency division in early September after its destruction in an Israeli raid in November 2023 following claims that Palestinian armed teams have been utilizing the positioning for army functions.
‘Not an remoted incident’
“This isn’t an remoted incident,” mentioned WHO spokesperson Tarik Jašarević, who deplored the dearth of a “functioning deconfliction mechanism,” 11 months into the Gaza battle.
Between 7 and 10 September, WHO groups tried to succeed in Al-Shifa hospital 4 instances with no success.
“However we’ll attempt once more in the present day,” he mentioned. “We actually do our greatest, however it is a sample: in August the variety of denied requests for entry doubled in comparison with earlier months”.
