North Gaza situation ‘apocalyptic’: UN agency chiefs

A woman walks above the rubble of a building following an Israeli strike in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2024, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by AFP)
A woman walks above the rubble of a building following an Israeli strike in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2024, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by AFP)

The unfolding situation in the northern Gaza Strip is “apocalyptic,” the heads of the major UN agencies say, warning that its entire population was at “imminent risk” of death.

“The situation unfolding in North Gaza is apocalyptic… the entire Palestinian population in North Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence,” says the joint statement from heads of organizations that form the UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee.

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