18-19 November
WHO-led joint UN and Red Crescent mission evacuates 31 infants from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
As of 18 November, UNRWA was able to verify that 85 incidents have impacted 67 UNRWA installations since the beginning of the war. Of these, 17 were directly hit.
Following long weeks of delay, the Israeli Authorities approved half of the daily minimum requirements of fuel for humanitarian operations in Gaza.
Without the full amount of fuel:
- People will have only two thirds of their daily needs of clean drinking water;
- Large parts of Gaza will continue to be flooded with sewage further increasing risks of diseases;
- 70 per cent of solid waste will not be removed, a major health hazard;
- UNRWA are forced to handle a reduced number of aid trucks crossing daily into Rafah.
17 November
1.6 million people have been displaced, out of a total of 2.2 million. It is the largest displacement of Palestinians since 1948.
16 November
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday welcomed the Security Council call for pauses in the fighting in Gaza where “doctors operate on screaming children without anaesthetic, using mobile phones for light”, before appealing directly to the warring sides to lay down their weapons.
No one wins in war
A vortex of disinformation & dehumanising rhetoric is tugging people away from reason & humanity, deepening fractures & blocking solutions
We must not let rage submerge our moral compass but strive to find common ground & a way out
All lives have equal value
— Volker Türk (@volker_turk) November 16, 2023
15 November
By the end of today, around 70% of people in Gaza will not have clean water.
Key services including water desalination plants, sewage treatments and hospitals have ceased to operate. To have fuel for trucks only will not save lives anymore. Waiting longer will cost lives.
“We can’t move them out it’s too dangerous… our problem is protecting the people of #Gaza from what’s being visited upon them” – UN Relief Chief, Martin Griffiths for @UNGeneva⤵️ pic.twitter.com/nRt1RBYQba
— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) November 15, 2023
