Occupied territories: Europe and the Arabs
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that 100 days of devastating war in Gaza had passed for its residents “as if it were 100 years,” stressing that “the enormity of death, destruction, displacement, hunger, loss, and grief stains our common humanity.”
This came in a statement in which he said that, despite repeated calls, the humanitarian ceasefire is still not in effect “to stop the killing of people in Gaza and enable the safe delivery of food, medicine, water, and shelter,” while the winter has exacerbated the deterioration of living conditions, especially For those who live in the open.
Mr. Lazzarini said “Sunday Name” that the war that began in the wake of horrific attacks carried out by Hamas and other groups caused distress and anxiety for the Israeli hostages and their families, affected the entire population of the Gaza Strip, numbering two million people, and bombed civilians and civilian infrastructure, including UNRWA facilities. And hospitals, in systematic "contempt" of international humanitarian law.
The Commissioner-General stressed that the continuous bombing throughout the Gaza Strip led to “the largest displacement of the Palestinian people since 1948,” as UNRWA shelters became crowded with displaced people who lack everything, from food to hygiene to privacy, and they live in inhumane conditions while diseases spread. Famine is fast approaching.

He added: “The plight of children in Gaza is particularly tragic. An entire generation of children has suffered trauma and will need years to recover. Thousands have been killed, maimed and orphaned. Hundreds of thousands have been deprived of education. Their future is at risk, with far-reaching and long-lasting consequences.” "
Mr. Lazzarini stressed that the crisis in Gaza is a man-made disaster “exacerbated by inhumane language as well as the use of food, water and fuel as tools of war.” He said that the humanitarian operation in the Strip is among the most complex and challenging in the world, amid "countless obstacles that prevent the safe and orderly distribution of aid." He said humanitarian aid alone would not be enough to "reverse the looming famine."
“Aid workers were killed, including 146 of my UNRWA colleagues and colleagues, along with doctors, journalists and children - and no one was spared,” he said. “Entire residential neighbourhoods, places of worship and historical buildings were demolished, erasing centuries of history, civilization and memories.” the people".
The Commissioner-General stressed the need to provide protection for civilians and said: “It is time to restore the value of human life.”