Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, eThis Sunday, it was estimated that the situation in the Gaza Strip had reached almost the limit point following a series of ultimatums issued by the Israeli army to the population of the north to move south in the midst of a complete blockade of aid and essential goods

“The specter of death hangs over the Gaza Strip.” Griffiths announced this on his X (formerly Twitter) account. “Without water, energy, food and medicine, thousands of people will die in Gaza. “Clear and simple.”

In the last few hours, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has assured that Israel has provided him with guarantees resumption of drinking water supply to the south strip but at the moment it was not possible to verify this from the enclave. Meanwhile, tons of humanitarian aid are piling up at Egypt’s blocked Rafah crossing, awaiting arrival in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier in an interview with CNN, Israeli army spokesman Colonel Peter Lerner categorically denied that his ultimatums constitute a violation of international law. Moreover, the press secretary assured that these orders are in fact a “humanitarian” measure.

“This whole idea of ​​evacuating people to the south This is part of our humanitarian funds, so that we can continue to fight and attack Hamas and prevent them from ever attacking our homes and killing our children,” Lerner said.

“That’s why we put pressure on people to go south because there are conditions that allow us to be relatively safer from the heart of the center of terrorism,” he added.

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Finally, the representative appealed to United Nations agencies and other international organizations to “facilitate the movement of people”. “What I would tell them is this: Don’t side with Hamas and start saying ‘Remain’ or ‘It’s impossible,’” he concluded.

The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, warned this Saturday that more than two million residents of the Gaza Strip They are in a “life or death” situation. due to water shortages in the enclave, which has been the scene of an Israeli counterattack for a week in response to last Saturday’s Hamas offensive.

The agency reminds that Israel has been denying humanitarian aid to Gaza for a week now.where the water treatment plant and its distribution networks have stopped working, so the population is forced to use dirty water from wells, leading to the risk of water-borne diseases.

There has also been a power outage in Gaza since October 11. which also affects water supply.

For this reason, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini called for the immediate supply of fuel to the sector so that its residents can drink. “It became a matter of life and death. This is a necessity,” Lazzarini said in a statement.

(according to information from Europe Press)