Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said that Israel is trying to prevent UNRWA from continuing its work in the Gaza Strip. transmits Al Jazeera. According to him, the Jewish state wants to disrupt the ministry’s mission.
“There is a deliberate attempt to obstruct and paralyze our operation,” Lazzarini said.
He added that the agency may have to restrict its activities in Gaza. Lazzarini emphasized that this was partly due to fuel shortages for the humanitarian organization, which supports more than 800,000 displaced people in the Palestinian region.
In early October, Palestinian Hamas forces launched a massive rocket attack on Israel, declaring the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Al-Aqsa Flood. As part of the attack, thousands of militants entered the territory of the Jewish state, seized military equipment and captured more than a hundred people. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Sword in the Gaza Strip, vowing to destroy Hamas. The actions of the Jewish state led to a blockade of the Palestinian enclave, massive bombings, and demands for the evacuation of more than 1 million people to the south of the region.
Previously at the UN in the name Declare a humanitarian pause in Gaza.