“Cataclysm” the situation in the gas -sity, says UN official when Israeli tanks move

The situation in Gaza -Sity is “not enough cataclysm,” the UN official said when Israeli tanks and troops continue to move on the third day of the offensive.

Olga Chereva, a press secretary of the UN Humanities Service, said that during a recent visit to the city, she saw a permanent stream of Palestinians who were heading south, but hundreds of thousands remained.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that congested hospitals are on the border of collapse because it is not allowed to provide rescue materials.

The Israeli military has stated that its forces were a “dismantled terrorist infrastructure and the elimination of terrorists” in Gaza.

It states that its purpose is to release the hostages that were still held by Hamas, and to defeat up to 3,000 fighters in what he called the group’s main support.

However, the offensive in the largest urban area of ​​Gaza, where a million people lived, and the famine was confirmed last month, attracted a wide international condemnation.

The UN and its humanitarian partners have recorded at least 200,000 people who crossed the northern gas since mid -August, when Israel announced the intention of conquering the city of Gaza. About 55,000 made a journey from Sunday.

Cherev, who works at the UN Humanities Office in the Central city of Deir al-Bala, told the BBC that she traveled to Gaza City two days ago-29 km (18 miles) round trip, which took 14 hours.

“The fact that there is no cataclysmic scenes on the way to Gaza -Siti,” she reminded.

“The constant stream of people (intersect) from north to south, many on foot. Inside Gaza, it is very crowded because hundreds of thousands of civilians remain.”

She said she also witnessed several Israeli strikes “very close” to the UN convoy while in Gaza -Siti, adding: “It was a really constant hit after the blow when we were there.”

On Thursday morning, witnesses reported Reuters Agement that they saw Israeli tanks in the Northern Sheikh Radun neighborhood and the southern Tal-Hava neighborhood, which have been in recent days.

They also report that Israeli troops blew up remotely managed vehicles, loaded with explosives in both areas, destroying many houses.

Local hospitals said at least 14 people were killed by Israeli fire through the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including nine in Gaza.

The Israeli military said in a statement that his troops were “expanding” his activity in the city, giving no details about their movements.

At the beginning of the attack on the land on Tuesday, the chief of staff of the military, Lieutenant General Eyala, ordered the troops “to strengthen the blows against Hamas and strongly defeat the city’s gas brigade to fulfill the most moral and important duty – the return of all hostages at home, as well as the deviation of Hamas’s military and ruling speeds.”

Cerev warned that many people were unable to execute the Israeli military order to evacuate into the designated “humanitarian region” in the south.

“Issuing the movement of your belongings when you are lucky enough to find a vehicle that moves them is urgent. It is not available for many people. And so many do it on foot, barely a mattress in your hands and possibly a plastic package.”

And as soon as they arrived, there was no guarantee of asylum and security, she added.

“I talked to a lot of people who recently arrived in Deir al-Bala and (southern city) Khan Yunis. Many of them are sitting on the street side. They have no shelter. They don’t know where to go.

“Yesterday I met a family who went for four days, trying to find a place to sleep and they failed,” she said.

The WHO chief, Dr. Tedroz Ozhan Gebreyz said that the Israeli offensive “causes injured families to a permanent sealing region, unusable for human dignity.”

“The victims and people with disabilities cannot go into security, which puts their lives in serious danger,” he wrote on X.

“Hospitals already overloaded are on the verge of collapse when the escalation of violence blocks access and interferes (The), which provides rescue supplies.”

The UN has said that now about 1790 hospital beds for patients for 2.1 million gas population, which leads to a fill level of 180 to 300% in 17 hospitals remaining partially functional in the territory.

Ten of these hospitals are in Gaza, and in other places in the north of Gaza.

On Tuesday, the Al -Handisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza is the only specialized children’s hospital that remained on the territory – three Israeli strokes suffered, causing damage to the roof tanks, electric and communication systems and some medical equipment, the Gaza Ministry of Health reports.

After the attack, forty patients escaped for safety, and 40 others, including four children in intensive care and eight newborns, remain inside.

The Israeli military has not yet commented.

The UN Population Fund, meanwhile, warned that women are forced to give birth on the streets, without hospitals, doctors and clean water.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the attack under the guidance of Hamas on South Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and took 251 people hostage.

At least 65 141 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the Ministry of Health of the territory.

The ministry states that another 435 people have still died during the war as a result of malnutrition and hunger, including four in the last 24 hours.