UNRWA Chief: ‘400,000 People Trapped in North Gaza’

“At least 400,000 people are trapped in the northern Gaza Strip, and Israeli evacuation orders are forcing people to flee repeatedly, especially from Jabalia camp,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, said.

“A large number of Palestinians are refusing to evacuate, because they realize that there is no safe place in the Gaza Strip,” he explained in a press statements, Wednesday.

“The spread and worsening famine throughout the Strip, with the lack of basic supplies,” is more acute than ever, Lazzarini pointed out.

“Some of the agency’s shelter and service centers are being forced to close for the first time since the beginning of the war,” he added.

“The continued bombing threatens the implementation of the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip,” he emphasized.

The Israeli occupation army, supported by the United States and Europe, has been continuing its aggression on the Gaza Strip for a whole year, as its warplanes bomb the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers and homes of Palestinian civilians, destroying them over the heads of their inhabitants, and preventing the entry of water, food, medicine and fuel.

The ongoing aggression by the occupation on Gaza has led to the martyrdom of more than 41,965 martyrs, the injury of more than 97,590 others, and the displacement of 90% of the population of the Strip, according to data from the United Nations.

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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“The temporary leadership council announced yesterday that there will be no more attacks on neighboring countries and no missile launches unless attacks originate from those countries against Iran,” Masoud Pezeshkian said in a televised address to the Iranian people.

He also apologized to neighboring countries amid rising regional tensions, saying Iran has “no intention of invading other countries.”

Pezeshkian also dismissed expectations that Iran would surrender unconditionally, saying that those who nurse such hopes “will take their dreams to the grave.”

Iran on Feb. 28 launched missiles and drones toward Israel and Gulf countries that are home to US military assets. Some of the attacks have caused casualties and damage to civilian sites, including ports and residential buildings.

Tehran says the attacks came in response to a US-Israeli military campaign against Iran that has killed hundreds of people, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and top military officials. Anadolu

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