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Das offizielles Informationsstatement zur aktuelle humanitären Lage in Gaza und der UNO Einrichtungen von der beauftragten Deputierten der Generalsversammlung:

Acting Deputy Commissioner-General Natalie Boucly United Nations General Assembly Briefing statement

The situation in Gaza is dire.

1.6 million people have been displaced, out of a total of 2.2 million. It is the largest displacement of Palestinians since 1948.

The scale of destruction and loss is staggering.

Entire neighborhoods have been razed to the ground.

More than half of the housing units in Gaza are reportedly destroyed.

At least 154 UNRWA schools and other buildings have been turned into shelters overnight.

They now house more than 810,000 people. That is, half of the displaced population.

The Commissioner-General recently went to one of these shelters – a school turned shelter - in Rafah.

It was a heartbreaking experience.

The shelter was massively overcrowded and unsanitary, with conditions of life that lack dignity.

Hundreds of people share one toilet.

Everyone was pleading for water and food, especially children.

Children who should be in that school to learn and play, not shelter from bombs.

Mr. President,

The sheer number of civilian casualties in Gaza is shocking.

More than 11,000 people have been killed, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, including over 4,000 children.

Among them are 103 UNRWA colleagues, mostly killed in their homes – the highest number of UN aid workers killed in any conflict.

While UNRWA cannot verify all civilian deaths, we can say that the number of our staff killed in Gaza is proportionate to the estimated number of civilian deaths. UNRWA has relied on the Ministry of Health figures in all previous wars.
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