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Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson, OHCHR and Ajith Sunghay, Head of the UN Human Rights Office for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (speaking from Amman), briefed journalists in Geneva on Friday.
To read the full statement of Mr. Ajith Sunghay, click here.
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Over the past week,
the people of Gaza have been subjected
to a renewed wave of deadly Israeli airstrikes
and ordered to move
yet again to supposed safe players safe places
that are anything but safe, 24 people and left hundreds more injured.
Israel's evacuation order on the ninth of July 1 of the largest since October 7th,
has forced families into
an impossible choice yet again.
Stay amid active hostilities or risk fleeing to areas still
subject to attack and with hardly any space or services.
Nowhere is safe for people in Gaza,
not the roads, not shelters, not hospitals,
not the unilaterally declared so called humanitarian zones
and injuring at least 76 others.
We are also seeing the outcome of Israel's dismantling
of local capacity to maintain public order and safety.
There is looting, mob justice,
extortion of money,
family disputes, random shootings, fighting for space and resources.
And we see youths armed with sticks manning barricades.
The creation of these conditions has led to the predictable and
entirely foreseeable unravelling of the fabric of society in Gaza,
setting people against one another
in a fight for survival and tearing communities apart
yet again,
stay amid active.
The High Commissioner for Human Rights stresses
once again that the violence must end.
There must be a ceasefire and the hostages must be released.
Reconstruction of Gaza must begin
and the occupation must end.
Accountability must be served
and the internationally agreed two state solution
must become a reality.
On the ninth of July 1 of the largest since October 7th,
the people of Gaza are suffering immensely.
It truly is desperate.
People are on the move from north to south again,
although they're making the journey,
knowing it is fraught with danger.
I saw a motorbike and trailer loaded
with personal possessions smouldering on the road.
There was no body,
but it was clear no one could have survived the strike.
On the same road, I saw a bloody donkey cart
also laden with personal belongings.
It, too, was abundant for people in Gaza,
not the roads,
not shelters.
I observed several humanitarian responders, including protection. Actors
provide urgent services to the exhausted and repeatedly traumatised population.
At reception centres on an
al
Rashid
and salad
din road,
most people moved on donkey carts and horse carts holding white flags.
Many said
that they had lost everything due to Israeli bombing, including their homes.
One elderly woman who fled from Gaza City on 11 July said her husband
was detained by the Israeli defence forces at a checkpoint on his way to the
al Bala.
She had no idea about his fate.
Several others shared similar stories over to you, Ajit. Thanks.
Thank you, Jeremy and colleague In many of the makeshift I DP shelters,
people struggle with the bare minimum of daily essentials.
10
tents made of plastic sheets we saw in early stages of the
conflict remain the only protection from
the elements for thousands of Palestinians.
10 months into the escalation,
some informal education under to Paulin and plastic
sheets in the sweltering heat has begun.
These nascent efforts to provide for Children's right
to education must be nurtured and supported.
I saw a motorbike and trailer loaded with personal positions.
Small women's rights organisations shared information
about sexual and gender based violence,
including in Israeli detention,
but stressed that there is no space to talk about this while the war is ongoing.
I heard accounts of women committing suicide due to their
desperate living conditions and the terrible deterioration of mental health,
police and humanitarian workers
in the strangulation of supplies. The continued attacks by Israel,
the administrative rules imposed by Israel that impede
the entry and delivery of daily essentials,
permit rejections,
hostile environment
due to the war and the breakdown in civil order raises enormous
challenges for any meaningful humanitarian response
to the mammoth needs of the people
and provide any protection incidents on the 13th and 14th of July.
In the hour, many said
that they had lost everything due to Israeli bombs
forces at a checkpoint on his way to the
Al Bala.
Human rights entities are doing incredible
work under impossible conditions of Gaza,
founded on the rights of the Palestinian people
and then end the entry and delivery of daily essentials
come.