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UN Middle East envoy Tor Wensland emphasised that the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza is dire and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the entry of aid must be stopped, stressing the need to avoid unilateral enemy steps aimed at undermining the work of UNRWA.
In a briefing to the UN Security Council last night, Winsland said: ‘We have entered the second year of this horrific war in Gaza, the region is on the verge of another dangerous escalation, and the violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and the wider region shows no signs of abating.’
Winsland noted that what he saw during his visit to Gaza last week was unimaginable: ‘In the southern part of the Strip, I saw the enormous amount of destruction this war has inflicted on the population. I saw the massive destruction of residential buildings, roads, hospitals and schools. I saw thousands living in makeshift tents, with nowhere else to go as winter approaches,’ he said, describing the humanitarian situation in the northern Gaza Strip as dire, especially since it has not received any humanitarian aid since the beginning of October.
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