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The Agency’s Commissioner General UN for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarinistated this Sunday that Israel communicated to the UN that will no longer approve humanitarian convoys heading to the north of the Gaza stripwhere hunger is already a reality.
“Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli authorities informed the UN that they will not approve any more food trains coming UNRWA did the north“, he indicated Lazzarini is a statement.
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The commissioner recalled that UNRWAwhich provides services to almost 6 million Palestinians in different countries and is the main humanitarian actor in the Gaza Strip, in the midst of war it is “the main support” for more than 2 million displaced inmates in the enclave and the only one who can provide “life-saving assistance” in the north.
“This is outrageous and makes the obstruction of life-saving assistance during a man-made famine intentional. These restrictions must be lifted“he cried Lazzarini.
The commissioner indicated that if UNRWA fulfill its mandate in Link, “Time will run faster towards starvation and many more will die from starvation, dehydration and lack of shelter”.
The news comes at a time when international pressure for Israel to allow access to more humanitarian help The Gaza stripwhere half the population is at imminent risk of starvation, according to a recent report from UN.
Israel does not hide its intentions to expel UNRWA from the Range and accuses the institution of having direct links with the Islamic group Hamas, after revealing in January that 12 of its 30,000 employees participated in the attacks of October 7th, although Lazzarini guarantees that they did not present conclusive evidence.
However, given the need for a “Urgent action“, O UNRWA These employees were immediately fired and an internal investigation was opened, led by the former French Foreign Minister. Catarina Colonnawhich this week presented its preliminary conclusions, which endorse the neutrality of humanitarian activity of the agency, although it detected “Critical areas”.
Although, Israel states that the infiltration of Hamas at the agency is much deeper and that more than 2,130 of its employees in Linkaround 17% have active links with groups”terrorists”, around 480 are members of the armed arms of Hamas or the Islamic Jihad and 1,650 belong to the political movement.
As soon as Israel made these accusations in January, 18 countries announced they would withdraw its funds, including its biggest donors –USA, Germany, Japan or France-, which meant a cut in the budget of 450 million dollarsis in full emergency response in Gaza strip.
Countries like Canada, Sweden, Australia or the European Union itself announced in recent weeks their intention to resume financing for UNRWA given the inconsistency of the evidence presented by Israel regarding links with Hamas.
Other countries, such as Spain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Qatar or Kuwait They held their games and even announced additional funding to soften the blow.
Source: Elcomercio
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